AMBER Archive (2002)

Subject: Re: Dual AMD motherboards

From: Pietro Amodeo (pamodeo_at_icmib.na.cnr.it)
Date: Mon Jul 15 2002 - 03:36:34 CDT

On my ASUS A7M266-D (2000+ CPU'S), upgrading BIOS to revision 1006 fixed the
problem (RedHat 7.3, kernels 2.4.8-3 and 2.4.8-5).

Hope this helps

Piero

"Greaves, Greg (Contractor-SIMTECH)" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having similar problems to what you have been discussing below. Have
> you found anything out about possible fixes ?
>
> Thanks
> Greg Greaves
> Huntsville, AL
>
> Hi Eugene,
> I initially had a 1.03 (1800+ cpus) and it wouldn't boot anything. However
> (fortunately) the local place where I bought it had just gotten in the 1.04s
>
> and exchanged it with no problem (they'd sold me the system as "gauranteed
> to
> boot").
> I am/was using RH 7.2.
> It does run SMP Win2K but... who cares ;-)
> jim
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Demchuk, Eugene wrote:
> > What revision of the mb do you use? I am fighting with retailers to get
> > 1.04. Everyone in the US has 1.03... Did you check AMD web site on
> dualies?
> > Only 1.04 is WHQL qualified. Also, 1.03 appeared on the site only on
> Friday.
> > Before that for about a month there was only one certified MPX mb and it
> is
> > rev. 1.04. I wonder, for what reason?
> >
> > Also, which distribution do you try? For some reason RedHat is missing for
>
> > A7M266-D on http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results_server.html#asus
> <http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results_server.html>....
> >
> > Regards,
> > -G.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jim caldwell [mailto:caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu
> <mailto:caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu?subject=RE:%20Dual%20AMD%20mother
> boards&replyto=Pine.OSF.3.96.1020318175644.28570A-100000_at_heimdal.compchem.uc
> sf.edu>]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:47 PM
> > > To: amber_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu
> <mailto:amber_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu?subject=RE:%20Dual%20AMD%20motherboa
> rds&replyto=Pine.OSF.3.96.1020318175644.28570A-100000_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.
> edu>
> > > Subject: Dual AMD motherboards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Has anyone in the community tried (and succeeded) in running
> > > Linux-SMP on the newish ASUS A7M266-D Dual Athlon motherboard?
> > > I have tried 3 different kernels (2.4.7-10, 2.4.8, 2.5.6) without
> > > success. All hang very early in the boot with APIC related problems.
> > >
> > > I can install/boot/run uniprocessor Linux (and dual processor
> > > Win2K PRO). Linux-SMP runs fine on Tyan 2462 dual AMD boards.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > > best,
> > > jim
> > 

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