Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Tim Wunder]

On 12/23/2002 4:40 PM, someone claiming to be Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:05:50 -0500 Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Anyone running an AMD-based board with a Via KT133 chipset?
> 
> 
> Just about everything I touch has via chipssets in them... No problems to
> report.
> 

Good to know.

> 
>>I've been experiencing a significant amount of system instability.
>>
> 
> 
>>From what you describe... Are you over clocking the hardware? And have you run
> a memory test on it yet? If not, grab a copy of memtest and build the boot
> floppy per instruction and let it run on that box for a day or two...
> 
> 

No overclocking. I hesitate to run memtest86 on it, as I don't want my mailserver/webserver down for an extended period of time. I found another utility I *will* run, http://www.goldmemory.cz/, which came recommneded by someone on the #redhat IRC channel. I may run memtest for a little while, too. But it seems easier just to swap out the RAM than to test it...

>>I'm
>>currently running RH8's stock Athlon kernel, but would be willing to compile a
>>new kernel if that would help fix things.
>>
> 
> 
> Please don't flame me, but I've no respect for RedHat. Go compile your own,
> you'll do a better job of it. That said, is your chipset being recognized at
> boot time? I've seen a custom kernel compiled without the correct support module
> included and although it booted, it ran like shit... Similar to your description
> actually.
> 

My chipset is being identified just fine, at least according to lspci -vvv, 
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
    Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
    Latency: 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
    Memory behind bridge: e6000000-e8ffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
    BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
    Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
    Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 0000
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
    Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
    Latency: 0
    Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

<yada yada>

Thanks, 
Tim