On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 08:29:35PM -0800, Robert J. Casey Jr. wrote:
> I know how frustrating it can be to have a
> computer that is not stable, but I want to
> report that after some research, I have a
> stable dual BP6 system. Here are the specs:
>
> 366@550 x2
> 128M Cas2 Micron PC100 Ram
> Guillemot GeForce DDR-DVI
> SBLive!
> 3Com 3c590 10/100 NIC
> Maxtor 8.4GB HD
> Plextor 8432A CDRW
> Generic ATAPI 32X CD-ROM
>
> My uptime is now 4 days. My last reboot was
> due to an upgrade to the 2.2.14 kernel.
> (Needed for the updates to the scsi-general
> layer.) I have had longer uptimes.. as my
> computer had not locked/oops'ed yet. I run
> 2 rc5 clients nonstop and I am in and out of
> X all the time. I use a modified version of
> the SVGA X server for the GeForce.
4 days really isn't much. I can go 2-3 weeks before a lock. What is
your best uptime?
> One thing to keep in mind. S3 video cards
> DO NOT work with the BP6 in X, or any other
> graphical environment. You can get by in
> console mode, but you will still crash every
> once in a while. I first had a 4M Virge/DX
> video card which made my computer very
> unstable. I switched to a 2M Trident card
> until my GeForce arrived and I have not had
> a problem since. I hope this helps some of
> you out.
>
> You really can find a lot of good
> troubleshooting info on the www.bp6.com
> website. It helped me out in my time of
> confusion some 3 months ago.
Been there, done that.
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