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

[Jonathan Hall <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

HP printers are good, though.  Well, their good ones are :)

HP makes two classes of hardware.  Good, and bad.

Their good hardware is generally very good.  Their bad hardware is
generally very bad.

Their consumer-level stuff is usually bad.  (DeskJets, Pavilions, etc)

Their corperate-level stuff is usually pretty good.  (LaserJets,
business PCs, etc)

This is true of many companies.  The old saying "You get what you pay
for" is often true--you can't blame the computer manufacturer if your
cheap-as-dirt PC doesn't work.

-- Jonathan



On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 09:40, jlweaver wrote:
> 
> 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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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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