Re: BP6/HPT366 lockup - final comments

From: Richard Torkar (ds98rito@thn.htu.se)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 00:55:44 EST


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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Agus Budy Wuysang wrote:

> Valentijn Sessink wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > These are the final results on my quest for the BP6 mobo bug. I'm tired
> > of it for a while - so back to real work now ;)
> >
> > On the Abit BP6 motherboard, I can reproduce a hang of the HPT366
> > controller. This is probably a hardware problem; however, it seems a
> > hardware problem for many BP6 motherboards. Hereby find some details. If
> > it's just a silly hangup of the motherboard: too bad. But maybe someone
> > can do something with the information I found.
> >
> > Kernel 2.2.14pre14 with ide.2.2.15pre13. Abit BP6 with "QQ" (beta) BIOS,
> > 2xCeleron466, 128M, Maxtor 15G running UDMA4, Matrox G200 8Mb, SMC
> > Epic100 NIC.
>
> Your hardware is almost the same as mine, except:
> - kernel 2.2.14 + ide.2.2.14 2000xxxx (last one before 2.2.15)
> - Maxtor 20Gb 7200 UDMA4
> - Asus V3400 Riva TNT 16Mb
> - HPT firmware boot time shows V1.22
>
> The mobo has been working great since I bought it (comes with NJ
> bios, this was OK too)... I can even overclock it to FSB 80MHz
> (yes 7 x 80 = 560MHz @2.2V core, temp watchdog at 62 C degrees)
> and compile/recompile kernel-source -j3 using while loop + 2 SETI
> background for 24 hours heavy burn in test... The room has
> no Aircon whatsoever (room ambient ~ 25-28 deg, yeah tropical
> climate :), cpu case closed, bios monitor shows ~ 45-48 deg
> ambient, both cpu never hit the watchdog limit)...
>
> I suggest you remove your NIC first, run burning test,
> if that doesn't help, try replacing/swapping your RAM/HD...
>

The above hardware is identical to mine. With the exeception that I use
2xCeleron 500.

Everything works great (qq_BIOS), icluding the HPT366 interface.

Richard

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