From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266524AbUGPLUY (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:20:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266525AbUGPLUY (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:20:24 -0400 Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.101]:52625 "EHLO pimout2-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266524AbUGPLUW (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:20:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:20:07 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Gene Heskett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New mobo question Message-ID: <20040716112007.GA14641@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <200407160552.27074.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407160552.27074.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 05:52:27AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > I've ordered a new mobo as I'm having what appears to be data bus > problems with this one after a rather spectacular failure of a > gforce2 video card, memtest86 says I have a lot of errors where > 00000020 was written, but 00000000 came back, at semi-random > locations scattered thoughout half a gig of dimms running at half > their rated DDR266 speed. The last nibble of the address is always > zero, and the next nibble is always even. Get the board replaced. > Is there a way to prebuild a kernel that will run on both boards?, > this older board is a VIA82686/VIA8233 based board, a Biostar M7VIB. If I read you correctly you're getting random corruptions all over the place so there isn't much you an do. --cw