Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Tim Wunder]

Well, my PC is both a workstation ad a server. I'll probly change that soon. I 
like to experiment, and experimenting on my webserver/mailserver, even if 
it's for personal/home use, is problematic :-(

On Monday 23 December 2002 05:18 pm, someone claiming to be Aaron Grewell 
wrote:
> I've got a couple of Asus KT133-based boards (running RH8 no less) and
> it seems to run fine.  Are you using the latest kernel RPM?  I had
> issues with the shipped kernel that the update solved, though they
> weren't on my KT133's.  One was even OC'd for a year or so before sudden
> stability problems prompted me to roll it back to standard settings.
> While 8.0 has been the best .0 release of RedHat's I've used I still
> don't run it on anything but workstations.  For servers I consider 7.3 a
> much safer bet.
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 13:05, 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.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Linux-users mailing list
> > Linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc ->
> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-users mailing list
> Linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc ->
> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

-- 
RedHat Psyche 8.0, stock kernel, Gnome 2.x, Xfree86 4.2.0
  4:00pm  up  8:17,  3 users,  load average: 0.24, 0.07, 0.02
It's what you learn AFTER you know it all that counts