On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, W Darlington wrote:
> Some (probably silly) suggestions...
>
> o Try underclocking (!) the CPUs. Maybe 400 or even 350MHz?
On the agenda.
>
> o You say that both SMP and UP kernels hang. If you swap the CPUs around,
> do they both still hang? (ie. is the _first_ CPU faulty!)
Good idea, I'll try it.
> o You have quite a lot of kit packed into the box. Perhaps the power
> supply is misbehaving. ATX power supplies aren't expensive. Get hold
> of a new 300-400W PSU and give it a whirl
On the agenda, although the box is a GTX-300 and has a decent power
supply and the (fixed) lm_sensors shows that the box is actually running
rather cool.
> o Is there adequate ventilation in the box? If you were to point a
> desk fan at the machine's innards, would the machine run more
> reliably?
See above, but we're trying it anyway.
> o The old `append="mem=511MB" instead of 512MB' chestnut. ;-)
Never booted without it.
Thanks!
To the list: I'm getting a lot of very useful suggestions (many of
which I never thought of myself) and will try to assemble them into a
coherent form and ship them off the David Mentre to add to the FAQ.
rgb
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