AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and reboots under load...

[Peter Risdon]

Minnesota Slinky wrote:
> Hello list.
> 
> I am in the process of doing a major upgrade to my
> home server.  I purchased an Asus A7V600-X
> motherboard, an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor, and
> installed 1GB of DDR 400 memory.  If it matters, I've
> got two 120 GB Maxtor HDDs in a RAID 1 array.  The
> problem I'm having is that the system reboots half-way
> through a make buildworld.  I'm guessing this has to
> do with heat, but I'm not sure.

Do you have any reason to suspect heat?

If you're trying to install 5.3, check /var/log/messages for lines about 
DMA errors. If there are any, you might have hit this DMA bug that 
affects some users (often with Maxtor hard drives).

Peter.


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