[opensuse] Replaced ALL HW: Tyan S2469 Athlon MP still hangs OpenSuSE 10.2
Tearing out my hair on this one... A few months ago, a new kernel caused printing to freeze the system, but I don't think that's related (have tried all BIOS settings; one-way, ECP, EPP). The first symptom was (your not going to believe it) Firefox tabs quit responding to the mouse. (That seemed to be fixed after replacing the motherboard... but, I'm getting ahead of the story.) System started hanging a few weeks ago. No error messages... just hangs tight. I was playing w/ some new hardware and had to power-cycle a lot, so I figured I killed some HW. I removed a processor... didn't fix it; replaced the running processor, with the one I took out... didn't fix it. I tried running one stick of RAM at a time... didn't fix it. Removed all peripherals, swapped video cards, disabled USB, printer, and serial in the BIOS, replaced the SCSI card, replaced SCSI w/ IDE (same image)... didn't fix it. Replaced the motherboard, with new processors... didn't fix it. Put all the PCI adapters/devices/video disks on a newer Intel motherboard... it works... no hangs! So, I'd figure it was the kernel... but I haven't changed kernels (as I used a fixed-frequency monitor and need the Matrox driver built-in) and hadn't allowed any of the Yast updates to update the kernel. Any ideas? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 23 July 2007 13:40, Chris Worley wrote:
Tearing out my hair on this one...
A few months ago, a new kernel caused printing to freeze the system, but I don't think that's related (have tried all BIOS settings; one-way, ECP, EPP).
The first symptom was (your not going to believe it) Firefox tabs quit responding to the mouse. (That seemed to be fixed after replacing the motherboard... but, I'm getting ahead of the story.)
System started hanging a few weeks ago. No error messages... just hangs tight. I was playing w/ some new hardware and had to power-cycle a lot, so I figured I killed some HW.
I removed a processor... didn't fix it; replaced the running processor, with the one I took out... didn't fix it.
I tried running one stick of RAM at a time... didn't fix it.
Removed all peripherals, swapped video cards, disabled USB, printer, and serial in the BIOS, replaced the SCSI card, replaced SCSI w/ IDE (same image)... didn't fix it.
Replaced the motherboard, with new processors... didn't fix it.
Put all the PCI adapters/devices/video disks on a newer Intel motherboard... it works... no hangs!
Did you change the power supply? Nick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Yep, I changed the power supply too (although, these boards are known for bad power distribution). Still, no joy :( On 7/23/07, Nick Zentena <zentena@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On Monday 23 July 2007 13:40, Chris Worley wrote:
Tearing out my hair on this one...
A few months ago, a new kernel caused printing to freeze the system, but I don't think that's related (have tried all BIOS settings; one-way, ECP, EPP).
The first symptom was (your not going to believe it) Firefox tabs quit responding to the mouse. (That seemed to be fixed after replacing the motherboard... but, I'm getting ahead of the story.)
System started hanging a few weeks ago. No error messages... just hangs tight. I was playing w/ some new hardware and had to power-cycle a lot, so I figured I killed some HW.
I removed a processor... didn't fix it; replaced the running processor, with the one I took out... didn't fix it.
I tried running one stick of RAM at a time... didn't fix it.
Removed all peripherals, swapped video cards, disabled USB, printer, and serial in the BIOS, replaced the SCSI card, replaced SCSI w/ IDE (same image)... didn't fix it.
Replaced the motherboard, with new processors... didn't fix it.
Put all the PCI adapters/devices/video disks on a newer Intel motherboard... it works... no hangs!
Did you change the power supply?
Nick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Monday 23 July 2007 10:40, Chris Worley wrote:
Tearing out my hair on this one...
A few months ago, a new kernel caused printing to freeze the system, but I don't think that's related (have tried all BIOS settings; one-way, ECP, EPP).
If the printer is attached via USB, there could be a BIOS option (legacy stuff, e.g.) that relates.
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I tried running one stick of RAM at a time... didn't fix it.
Did you run MemTest86+ overnight? It's one of the boot options if you boot from an openSUSE distribution disc.
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Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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