Re: Kernel lockups on dual-Athlon board -- help wanted

["Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>]

Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>:
> > different design?  Because the K7 Thunder is, AFAIK, the only dual-Athlon
> > 1200 board that exists right now.  
> 
> I suspect he means same design, different physical hardware.

Yes, he said so in a reply.
 
> > 2. Do you know of anyone else successfully running 2.4 over an AMD 760
> > support chipset?
> 
> I am.
> 
> I have had some cooling problems with some of the hardware in the past.
> 
> > 3. Which components do you think are likely to be implicated?  Bad memory
> > is an obvious guess, I suppose.
> 
> Cooling most likely. What kind of system is this? Rackmount? Desktop
> case?

Server case.  Seems to be running pretty cool -- the processor heatsinks
are warm to the touch but not hot.  We've got a power-supply fan, two coolers,
and two case fans.  Did you find you needed more than that?
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