On Fri, March 11, 2005 11:23 am, Ajay Sharma said:
> Ryan Lane wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:44:19 -0800 (PST), Steven Vishoot
>> <sir_funzone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Is this only for crashes that happen on bootup or any
>>>unexplained crashes. With putting noapic in the bootup
>>>entry. Plus what does the noapic do if i may ask.
>>
>>
>> Honestly, I don't know. Try google for more specifics. It was just
>> an idea -- and I'm by no means an expert. =]
>
> Have you tried to "burn in" the system to find any other points of
> instability? Here's a quick guide that I found on the net when I was
> running into stability problems:
>
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hw1/
>
> --Ajay
> _______________________________________________
That is an excellent article ...
You said that you added new memory and that you tested it. Did you test
it installed in that board or external to the system.
Running memtest86 while the memory is installed in that board is the way
to go. It tests not only the memory, but how it is seated, how the bios
is set, and how it interacts with that specific chipset.
Also make sure you have the latest BIOS that the MB manufacturer offers.
APIC sometimes causes major issues with some boards, and new BIOS upgrades
sometimes solve the problems.
I would try noapic and noacpi on the kernel line if everything else fails.
--
Johnny Hughes
<http://www.HughesJR.com/>
