Mboard + CPU Upgrade

[Derrick Ryalls]

> 
> Differences -
> 
>  Old Architecture:
> 
>       Shuttle AI61 motherboard
>       AMD K7 CPU Processor 900 Mhz
>       AMD751 Chipset
>       3 DIMM Sockets
> 
>  New Architecture:
> 
>       Shuttle AK32A motherboard
>       AMD Athlon CPU 1.5 GHz
>       Chipset(s) - 2:     VIA VT8366A & VIA VT8233
>       2 DIMM Sockets each, DDR/SDR
> 
> Similarities:
> 
>      Same Hard drives (2 - Boot & data)
>      Memory sticks
>      5 PCI & 1 AGP slots
>      3 PC Cards
>           A Diamond Stealth Video Card
>           A line modem card
>           A SMC NIC
> 
> I transferred all the cards including the NIC to ensure 
> similarity of Hardware Profile. Machine boots partially, 
> probing devices, listing to stdout. Readout aborts 
> consistently at a line which is difficult to read on the fly, 
> but the last few lines have been extracted, which from by 
> naive point of view seems to indicate a USB problem. I've 
> done a reconfig of kernel, no significant difference or 
> conflicts were found. I've double check the BIOS to make sure 
> all relevant USB / PCI options are enabled ( at least so I 
> think ). The messages from the last few lines of the probe 
> are as follows:
> 
> ahci0:  <VIA 83C572 USB Controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq11 
> at dcsi....
> 
> cio
> <VIA 83C572 USB Controller>> on ubc 10
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> 
> At this point, last line above, the screen blanks out, 
> process exits presumably. Any suggestions or help would be 
> greatly appreciated.

Shot in the dark here, but perhaps it is a difference in the USB
version.  Maybe old one had USB 1 and new one supports USB 2.  If you
have no USB devices (or want to see anyway), try going into BIOS and
disabling or clocking down the USB ports.

Good luck.