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

["David E Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a HP box and it works great with an NVIDIA PCI video
card... [picked up a pair of GForce-II MX-400 w/64meg for less
than $50 each with shipping six months ago]

I personally think that it is a driver issue..

There use to be a release of Linux which had the needed custom
Voodoo video drivers as part of their distro.

HP normally uses a ASUS motherboard.

So you could go to the ASUS site and see "IF" there is a known
issue with the Voodoo video card and the chip set used on the
motherboard.

--David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:13 AM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Bad Memory Was: Bad Swap caused my
newvideo card?


>
> 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:
> > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:01, you wrote:
> > > On 28 Jan 2003, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > I am using a ASUS PSS-VN  with a K6-2 550 , i AM USING TO
128mb crucial
> > > brand dimms.
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> Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxx>
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