For the Unixly expert but hardwarily newbie among us, how does one go
about underclocking (or overclocking, or in general didldling with the
clock)?
Is there a reference you could point me to?
Armand wrote:
>
> "David G. Thiessen" wrote:
> >
> > Xperts -
> >
> > I have tried every possible way to install 7.1 but every time it
> > crashes, saying
> > something to the effect of "Out of memory"
> [snip]
> > Thanx,
> > Dave
>
> My friend had a similar problem so I posted about it and Civilme gave me
> a good reply (below). But the problem turned out to be, in this case,
> something misconfigured in the bios and all my friend was able to tell
> me was that he unchecked the "no OS". I'm guessing that he meant the
> non-pnp OS option and what he really did was disable the pnp capable OS
> function in the bios.
>
> HTH,
>
> Armand
>
> Armand wrote:
> >
> > I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my friend's computer and then he changed the
> > CPU and upgraded to PC133 memory. Now when I tried to install it says
> > Segmentation fault can't find memory and when I press enter on the OK
> > button it throws me into a prompt #. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Armand
> > --
> > Linux 2.2.16-9mdk
> > Sat Jul 1 12:45:00 MDT 2000
>
> I had sigsegv problems with two boards. Both cleared with mild
> underclocking(95% rate0. Both were FIC PAG2130 with VIA MVP4
> Chipsets. Now that you mention it, I had a Soyo with intel i810
> chipset that required certified memory and underclocking to
> work--even in windows.
>
> PC133 memory and 133 Bus clocking often overdrive the AGP or put
> it into a fall-back to 66MHz... At this time, I don't think 133
> is ready for prime time.
>
> Try backing off the bus clock. The timing requirements of 7.1
> are pretty narrow windows around the specs in several areas,
> especially IDE and main memory. Slowing down slightly, like from
> 133 to 124, might give it the space needed. (And it will
> certainly make your system more reliable).
>
> The speed of a non-working computer is irrelevant.
>
> Civileme
>
> --
> Linux 2.2.16-9mdk
> Thu Jul 6 23:40:00 MDT 2000
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