----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Hoeppner" <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I don't see any other possibility than a hardware problem. And given > the age of that hardware, it's cheaper in dollars and time to start > over with new gear. Only if you have it, Stan. Only if you have it... > > I'll try swapping it; this mobo has always gotten whacky if we went > > over 512M, which is why we haven't. > > The manual says up to 2GB DDR2. Board has two DIMM sockets, which means > 1GB DIMMs supported. If anything over 512MB (2x256MB DIMMs) causes > problems then the board had a flaw, or needed a BIOS update, etc. And > now it's physically damaged. The BIOS was up to date when we installed it new. > You'll be extremely hard pressed to find a current board with more > than 3 PCI unless you buy used. Hmmm...let's see....here we go: I know. :-} > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135329 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113283 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148194 > > -- $155 > > For less than $50 more you not only get all the slots/ports you need, > but also a much faster dual core CPU and GPU, plus HDMI. And you'll no > longer have disks on the slow PCI bus. Looks like a winner. It does. > > I forget what's in 5, but I think it was the only VGA card I had > > with > > S-Video out. > > If you absolutely need Svideo/composite output then you'll need to use > an external converter or switch box, something like this: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0U00JZ2490 I don't know if the set has HDMI in or not; it's an older Philips; 37" I think. Probably. > > I'll try the RAM. It's really odd, though, that the badblocks workload > > and both memtests couldn't find a problem, if it is the memory plane... > > This isn't odd at all and actually quite common. The problem likely is > not in the DRAM modules or individual transistors in the DRAM chips. > The problem is likely unstable signalling to/from the DIMM sockets, or > unstable power to the CPU or Northbridge, caused by old and now > damaged power delivery circuits on the mainboard. > > Download and run burnp6 for 5-10 minutes. That'll tell you if the CPU > is getting sufficient power. Make sure the CPU fan is in working order > first. It's called BURNp6 for a reason. The Athlons didn't have > thermal shutdown capability, and this will literally destroy the CPU > with heat build up if the fans aren't working properly. If cooling is > good, and the system hard locks or exhibits other strange behavior, > then you know it's time to replace the board. But I think you know that > already. This will simply be the exclamation point. Well, oddly, it's up to about 1.4TB moved now overnight, and not a whisper of an error in any channel. It does need to be replaced, but the question is can I make it limp along reliably until she gets another job... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@xxxxxxxxxxx Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
