-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello everyone (again), I just realized these messages have not been going to the list, so I am replying to the list in hope of getting more answers. To add to the messages below, I just opened up my computer and found out that my motherboard is: American Megatrends P4VMM2 The BIOS shows the following serial number at the boot screen: 62-0124-001131-00101111-040201 It has an Award (AMIBIOS) BIOS Thanks in advance. Anton Markov wrote: | Hello Jing Su, | | Following your suggestions here is what I discovered: | | Jing Su wrote: | | I don't have any solid leads or answers for you... but I'll keep asking | | around to see if anyone else I know has any more suggestions to pass to | | you. | Thanks. | | | You shouldn't have any problems compiling the kernel. Especially if | | you're using RH9 (if I recall correctly). Compiling the kernel is | | actually a common test people use to test the stability of an overclocked | | computer. If compiling fails, it usually means that the voltage settings | | aren't stable or the memory isn't keeping up. | I am inclined to think this is the reason. I have noticed that not only | compiling, but other apps too have started randomly crashing. | | I may even know how it happened: after my mother-board was replaced, the | CPU front-side bus was set to 100MHz (1.8GHz CPU). I tried switching | the FSB speed to 133MHz (so it runs at 2.4GHz like it should). | Unfortunately, I didn't know where the DDR jumper was so I went back to | store and had the guy there take a look at it. He changed the DDR speed | and said it's OK now. Maybe he forgot the voltage. | | Where can I get the info about the appropriate voltages for my | CPU/Motherboard. The Motherboard has a VIA everything, and Award bios, | and I am not sure of the actual make. The CPU is a 2.4GHz Pentium 4. | | Here is the output from "sensor" (I've corrected some of the values): | | [anton-zMHcGNhTcHs at public.gmane.org anton]$ sensors | eeprom-i2c-0-50 | Adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0400 | Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus adapter | Memory type: DDR SDRAM DIMM | Memory size (MB): 512 | | it87-isa-0290 | Adapter: ISA adapter | Algorithm: ISA algorithm | VCore 1: +1.53 V (min = +1.42 V, max = +1.56 V) | VCore 2: +2.54 V (min = +2.40 V, max = +2.60 V) | +3.3V: +6.68 V (min = +3.12 V, max = +3.44 V) ALARM | (+3.34?) | +5V: +4.94 V (min = +4.72 V, max = +5.24 V) | +12V: +12.00 V (min = +11.36 V, max = +12.60 V) | -12V: -20.61 V (min = -12.63 V, max = -11.41 V) ALARM | -------- (-10.31?) This one worries me. -------------- | -5V: +3.46 V (min = -5.28 V, max = -4.81 V) ALARM | ------- (???) ---------- This one too | Stdby: +5.11 V (min = +4.72 V, max = +5.24 V) | VBat: +3.39 V | fan1: 4623 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 2) | fan2: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM | fan3: 0 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM | (fan2 and fan3 work in reality) | Temp1/MB: +37?C (low = +20?C, high = +40?C) | Temp2/CPU: -96?C (low = +25?C, high = +45?C) | (+43?) | Temp3: +75?C (low = +25?C, high = +45?C) | (+33?) | | | | | Have you ever had any previous problems with your memory sticks? | No. | | | | Just to make sure it's not a CPU, Memory, or Motherboard problem, you | | could try underclocking your CPU to something lower than the "vanilla" | | setting. Ensure that the processor has plenty of "error room" to work | | with. Try using these (albeit slower) settings, and try compiling the | | kernel again. If it succeeds this time (or if your computer stops | | crashing), then maybe there is something with your CPU settings you need | | to twiddle. | Come to think of it, the kernel compiled fine when I was running at | 1.7GHz until I tuned it up. | | | Are you using the Binary Only NVIDIA drivers? I experience the freeze | | problem with VT switching to/from X sometimes when using the binary | NVIDIA | | drivers, though I have no problems with resolution switching. | No. I have a Radeon 7000 and use the normal kernel radeon.o module. | The problem is probably the same voltage setting issue. Maybe the | voltage on the AGP bus? I tried going into Windows and switching the | resolutions a few times; seemed to work fine. | | | Do your XFree or Kernel logs show any error messages (looking at them | | after a reboot)? If it's a X or driver crash, maybe the kernel had just | | enough time to log something.... | No. Nothing interesting in either log. Maybe just this one thing in | XFree86.0.log: | | drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 | drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) | drmOpenDevice: Open failed | drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 | drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) | drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) | drmOpenDevice: Open failed | drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 | drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 | drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK) | | Seems like it keeps missing the card, although it may just be the delay | from loading the radeon.o module automaticly. | - -- Anton Markov <("anton" + "@" + "truxtar" + "." + "com")> GnuPGP Key fingerprint = 5546 A6E2 1FFB 9BB8 15C3 CE34 46B7 8D93 3AD1 44B4 ~ "The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success." ~ - Some bad guy from 007 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/0A59RreNkzrRRLQRAqOjAJ9aFUu/vcsT7ifAKhHDvUWZ9Jlk4ACfUo57 k7zInvdJs4D+oXqRbMRGlfI= =bY/y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. 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