Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Anyone running an AMD-based board with a Via KT133 chipset?
> I've been experiencing a significant amount of system instabilty (X crashing, SRPM rebuilds failing with internal compiler errors, running kmix locking the system) and was leaning toward bad RAM being the culprit. But as I've been googling, I've found several references to the KT133 chipset, and the VT82C686 Southbrisge wreaking havoc.
>
> I'll be updating my motherboard's BIOS tonight (an ABIT KT7A) and replacing the RAM to see if that helps, but any insight y'all could provide would be helpfull, especially if your running on a mobo with a VIA chipset. I'm currently running RH8's stock Athlon kernel, but would be willing to compile a new kernel if that would help fix things.

Another datapoint to consider is that RH8 isn't exactly famous for its
stability.  Can you reliably reproduce the instability, or is it seemingly
random?

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