Subject: Re: AMD K6/300
To: Dave Burgess <burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com>
From: Diana <deichert@wrench.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/03/1998 15:47:03
Actually it's not that odd. It could be that with two DIMMS it's
interleaving the memory accesses.
diana
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Dave Burgess wrote:
> >
> > I just got such a thing for testing. I see random
> > "signal 11" messages when I try to do serious
> > things - looks like cache and/or memory flakyness.
> > Anyone having better experiences?
> > Something I have to look at in motherboard /
> > BIOS setup?
> > (TX chipset, Award 4.51 BIOS)
>
> I have an almost identical setup using 32M DIMMs.
>
> When I had a single DIMM in, the system would regularly Sig11 on me. I
> added a second DIMM (not replaced the first, simply added a second) and
> haven't had one since.
>
> This is just too odd for words.
>
> --
> Dave Burgess Network Engineer - Nebraska On-Ramp, Inc.
> *bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom
> "Just because something is stupid doesn't mean there isn't someone that
> doesn't want to do it...."
>
Diana Eichert
IT Manager
McKinley Paper Company
deeiche@mckinleypaper.com