[linux-help] Re: Bad Memory Was: Bad Swap caused my new video card?

[jlweaver <jlweaver@xxxxxxx>]

Bet you have a bunch of HP printers too.

Clint Brubakken wrote:

>I just wish the person (not me) who purchased these computers had
>realised this before this before they had bought 4 of them
>
>
>
>On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 09:24, jlweaver wrote:
>  
>
>>Some people are slow to come to the realization that HP computers are a 
>>bunch of s..t
>>
>>Clint Brubakken wrote:
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>>>I tried to get it to work with both video cards enabled, and emetest86
>>>still gave errors. I took out the vodoo and it works slow but study. HP
>>>or more accuratley SIS just seems to suck. 
>>>
>>>This vodoo card was working fine in a wintel dell box before I acquired
>>>it. 
>>>
>>>My suggestion would be never use a HP. In fact I want to get them to buy
>>>a Penguin Computing workstation, something that just works when I get
>>>it, so I can actually do my job effectively.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 17:14, James Lancaster wrote:
>>> 
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>>>
>>>>On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:01, you wrote:
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>>>>>On 28 Jan 2003, Jonathan Hall wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>Since he's using memtest86 when he gets the errors, and memtest86
>>>>>>doesn't use X Windows, then the answer is obviously yes--the errors DO
>>>>>>occur when not using X.
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>it happened last night, X was crashed and logging caused more kernel
>>>>>errors. Also yesterday afternoon, the hard drive started clicking, and ls
>>>>>would hang. I unmounted the hard drive and set it horizintal , and
>>>>>that seemed to fix that, I doubt that would be caused by the video card,
>>>>>but maybe something I did when trying to get the <explitive deleted> case
>>>>>apart.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>My suggestions, in no particular order:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Run memtest86 with the old video card in place.
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>There were to setting I changed when I dissables the onboard video: I xset
>>>>>the VGA setting jumper (VEN_DIS) to disable, and the VGA interrupt
>>>>>selection to disable, which from the mother board discriptions the second
>>>>>should disable the "chipsets internal interrupt routing", I assume only
>>>>>for the onboard video only.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Try reenabling that, (VGA interrupt) that is likely the cause. 
>>>>
>>>>I have a V3 2000 in a box (won't be able to see for a while (maybe a day or 
>>>>more, though it is likely one of the smallest uptime boxes running linux, 
>>>>due 
>>>>to moving it physically) 
>>>>
>>>>also try lspci -vvv (I think -vv is max but not sure) and see what 
>>>>interrupt 
>>>>it has, and see if it is sharing it, and if the other video card is on 
>>>>there 
>>>>(should be but disabled, at least with a similar setup on the system above))
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>James L
>>>>
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>>>>>>Run memtest86 with another video card in place (get a cheap/free one if
>>>>>>you can)
>>>>>>Test the RAM in another machine.
>>>>>>Test the Voodoo 3 in another machine.
>>>>>>Try RAM from another machine in that box.
>>>>>>Check your BIOS settings.  Perhaps you can tweak your RAM and/or PCI
>>>>>>timings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Other questions:  What motherboard are you using?  What chipset does it
>>>>>>use?  What CPU and RAM configuration?
>>>>>>       
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>>>>>I am using a ASUS PSS-VN  with a K6-2 550 , i AM USING TO 128mb crucial
>>>>>brand dimms.
>>>>>     
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>>>>>          
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