MB freaked out Was: kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl is fuxored x,x

[Jeff Vian]

Guy Fraser wrote:

> Sorry developers.
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> :-[            It appears as though my Motherboard freaked out.
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> After rebooting with kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl to get dmesg output, 
> none of my kernels would boot properly.
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> After checking everything a bunch of times, still no joy. I tried a 
> few BIOS settings, to make sure that the RAM and CPU were not being 
> over driven {1.7GHz Celeron and 333MHz DDR}, still no joy. Lowered 
> memory speed in steps down to 200MHz then everthing seems to work again.

I had a mobo that seemed to freak out as well (after running rock solid 
for over a year).  I upgraded the bios on it and things became normal again.

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> Weird!
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> I better check to make sure Bill Gates wasn't in my office. :-)
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> Me thinks, me might want to get me a new motherboard.
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> Guy Fraser wrote:
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>> If I wanted that kind of quality assurance I would call Bill Gates, 
>> and buy some of his cruft.
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> The Bill Gates part was a joke, he couldn't pay me to use his cruft. 
> You guy's mustn't have heard the "redneck tech support call" wav that 
> was going around a couple years ago.
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I did not happen to hear that, but would like to.  :-)

> Have a nice day
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