Re: Athlon: Try this (was: Re: Athlon bug stomping #2)

From: Roberto Jung Drebes (drebes@inf.ufrgs.br)
Date: Sun Sep 16 2001 - 11:52:36 EST


On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > to 0x89 and it happilly lives... So maybe some BIOS vendors
> > > used KT133 instead of KT133A BIOS image?
> >
> > Same here ...
>
> One way to test this hypthesis maybe to run dmidecode on the machines and
> see if they report KT133 or KT133A. Its also possible some BIOS code does
> blindly program bit 7 even tho its reserved and should have been kept
> unchanged.

I'm not sure if this is the output you are talking about (I see no KT133
strings on it) but here it goes (this motherboard uses KT133A and
exhibits the bug):

SMBIOS 2.3 present.
DMI 2.3 present.
40 structures occupying 1181 bytes.
DMI table at 0x000F0800.
Handle 0x0000
        DMI type 0, 20 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
                Version: 6.00 PG
                Release: 07/05/2001
                BIOS base: 0xE0000
                ROM size: 192K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x000000007FCBDE90
Handle 0x0001
        DMI type 1, 25 bytes.
        System Information Block
                Vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
                Product: VT8363
                Version:
                Serial Number:
Handle 0x0002
        DMI type 2, 8 bytes.
        Board Information Block
                Vendor: <http://www.abit.com.tw>
                Product: 8363-686A(KT7,KT7A,KT7A-RAID,KT7E)
                Version:
                Serial Number:
Handle 0x0003
        DMI type 3, 17 bytes.
        Chassis Information Block
                Vendor:
                Chassis Type: Desktop
                Version:
                Serial Number:
                Asset Tag:
Handle 0x0004
        DMI type 4, 35 bytes.
        Processor
                Socket Designation: Socket A
                Processor Type: Central Processor
                Processor Family: M1
                Processor Manufacturer: AMD
                Processor Version: AMD Duron(tm)
                Serial Number:
                Asset Tag:
                Vendor Part Number:
Handle 0x0006
        DMI type 6, 12 bytes.
        Memory Bank
                Socket: BANK_0
                Banks: 0 1
                Speed: 60nS
                Type:
                Installed Size: 64Mbyte
                Enabled Size: 64Mbyte
Handle 0x0007
        DMI type 6, 12 bytes.
        Memory Bank
                Socket: BANK_1
                Banks: 2 3
                Speed: 60nS
                Type:
                Installed Size: 64Mbyte
                Enabled Size: 64Mbyte
Handle 0x0008
        DMI type 6, 12 bytes.
        Memory Bank
                Socket: BANK_2
                Banks: 4 5
                Speed: 60nS
                Type: UNKNOWN
                Installed Size: Not Installed
                Enabled Size: Not Installed
Handle 0x000A
        DMI type 7, 19 bytes.
        Cache
                Socket: Internal Cache
                L1 Internal Cache: write-back
                L1 Cache Size: 128K
                L1 Cache Maximum: 128K
                L1 Cache Type: Synchronous
Handle 0x000B
        DMI type 7, 19 bytes.
        Cache
                Socket: External Cache
                L2 External Cache: write-back
                L2 Cache Size: 64K
                L2 Cache Maximum: 64K
                L2 Cache Type: Synchronous
Handle 0x000C
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: PRIMARY IDE
                Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: None
                Port Type: Other
Handle 0x000D
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: SECONDARY IDE
                Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: None
                Port Type: Other
Handle 0x000E
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: FDD
                Internal Connector Type: On Board Floppy
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: None
                Port Type: „(­û
Handle 0x000F
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: COM1
                Internal Connector Type: 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: DB-9 pin male
                Port Type: Serial Port 16450 Compatible
Handle 0x0010
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: COM2
                Internal Connector Type: 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: DB-9 pin male
                Port Type: Serial Port 16450 Compatible
Handle 0x0011
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: LPT1
                Internal Connector Type: DB-25 pin female
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: DB-25 pin female
                Port Type: Parallel Port ECP/EPP
Handle 0x0012
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: Keyboard
                Internal Connector Type: Other
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: PS/2
                Port Type: Keyboard Port
Handle 0x0013
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: PS/2 Mouse
                Internal Connector Type: PS/2
                External Designator: No Detected
                External Connector Type: PS/2
                Port Type: Mouse Port
Handle 0x0014
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: ISA
                Type: 16bit ISA
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x0015
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: In use.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x0016
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: In use.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x0017
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: In use.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x0018
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: In use.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x0019
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: Available.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x001A
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: PCI
                Type: 32bit PCI
                Status: Available.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x001B
        DMI type 10, 8 bytes.
        On Board Devices Information
                Description: : Enabled
                Type:
                Description: : Enabled
                Type:
Handle 0x001C
        DMI type 9, 13 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: AGP
                Type: 32bit AGP 2x
                Status: Available.
                Slot Features: 5v
Handle 0x001D
        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
        Port Connector
                Internal Designator: USB
                Internal Connector Type: None
                External Designator:
                External Connector Type: Other
                Port Type: USB
Handle 0x001E
        DMI type 13, 22 bytes.
        BIOS Language Information
Handle 0x001F
        DMI type 16, 15 bytes.
        Physical Memory Array
Handle 0x0020
        DMI type 17, 27 bytes.
        Memory Device
Handle 0x0403
        DMI type 0, 0 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor: NoneNoneNoneNone
                Version: "
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x41420
                ROM size: 4800K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x326B6E614200315F
Handle 0x0605
        DMI type 3, 4 bytes.
        Chassis Information Block
                Vendor:
                Chassis Type:
                Version: 
                Serial Number:
                Asset Tag:
Handle 0x0201
        DMI type 9, 0 bytes.
        Card Slot
                Slot: 
                Type:
                Slot Features: 3.3v
Handle 0x0403
        DMI type 0, 0 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor: NoneNoneNoneNone
                Version: $
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x41420
                ROM size: 4800K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x346B6E614200325F
Handle 0x0605
        DMI type 3, 4 bytes.
        Chassis Information Block
                Vendor: 
                Chassis Type:
                Version:
                Serial Number:
                Asset Tag:
Handle 0xFF00
        DMI type 0, 0 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor:
                Version:
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x1F000
                ROM size: 64K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x0000251314000020
Handle 0x01FF
        DMI type 0, 255 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor:
                Version:
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x01000
                ROM size: 0K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x0000000025131400
Handle 0x0000
        DMI type 0, 0 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor:
                Version:
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x00000
                ROM size: 0K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x0000000000000000
Handle 0x0000
        DMI type 0, 0 bytes.
        BIOS Information Block
                Vendor:
                Version:
                Release:
                BIOS base: 0x00000
                ROM size: 0K
                Capabilities:
                        Flags: 0x0000000000000000

--
Roberto Jung Drebes <drebes@inf.ufrgs.br>
Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~drebes/

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