Subject: Re: WARNING: Gigabyte GA-6VX* Motherboards don't boot 1.5
To: Bruce Martin <brucem@cat.co.za>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/07/2001 11:55:02
Does -current and 1.4.x have the same problem?
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Bruce Martin wrote:
> I have found that the problem was the Gigabyte GA-6VX motherboard. A GA-6VXE
> motherboard din't work either. Both of these have VIA chipsets. After using
> a motherboard with an Intel chipset, with all other hardware identical, the
> system boots fine.
>
> Just a warning to anyone seeing similar problems when installing 1.5....
>
> Cheers
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greywolf [mailto:greywolf@starwolf.com]
> Sent: 07 March 2001 10:04
> To: Bruce Martin
> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: 1.5 GENERIC panics at boot
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Bruce Martin wrote:
>
> # I have trie ddifferent BIOS settings with the same result. I have taken
> the
> # same hard disk, and put it in another machine with a slightly newer
> # motherboard (GA-6BXE,intel chipset), and it boots up fine.
> #
> # Anybody got any ideas or suggestions as to what is causing this panic?
> From
> # my tests, I think it can only be a problem with the processor,
> motherboard,
> # or BIOS settings....
>
> ...or RAM.
>
> Check *every*thing.
>
> # Thanks
> # Bruce
>
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>
> --*greywolf;
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