Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Pam R]

On Monday 23 December 2002 21:05, 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.

Not quite the same but I've been using an Abit KA7; KX133 chipset (VT8371 & 
VT82C686A) + 750MHz Athlon for some time now and the only problem I've had 
was having to turn off APM for the 2.4 kernels otherwise the mouse cursor 
skipped all over the place. SuSE 8.1 at the moment.

Pam
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