AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

[Edgar Martinez]

I think I have nailed it...somewhat...

So I set it up so I could ssh to it from my office and try to mess with
it...ran solid as a rock...I think got home tonight and checked my
logs...nothing bad...so I THEN rebooted went into BIOS and enabled the
cache...BAM...errors out every time...threw in
ubuntu...craptastic...DISABLED the CACHE...everything smooth...sooo the
question now is...MB or CPU??  

The CPU is listed as DTR...OMFG WTF is DTR?? (acro-cursing intended..)

Model: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ DTR
Core: ClawHammer
Operating Frequency: 1.8 GHz
FSB: Integrated into Chip
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/1MB
Voltage: 1.5V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 754
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+
Packaging: OEM(Processor Only)



-----Original Message-----
From: jason henson [mailto:jason at ec.rr.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:20 PM
To: emartinez at crockettint.com
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4
(pre+post install)

Edgar Martinez wrote:

>All,
>
> 
>
>I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had trying to get
>this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept throwing up a privilege
>fault kernel error randomly (7sed...4m.7m..etc), and after I go fast enough
>to get lucky to an install complete..the system then spends its time
>periodically rebooting.this is the first venture into AMD64 turf as I
>historically stick with i386.so any pointers.gotchas.tweaks or tips..
please
>let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I want to see what can be
>done to stabilize this.
>
> 
>
>MSI K8T Neo
>
>AMD64 3000 w/1MB
>
> 
>  
>
I was just reading the archives this week at freebsd.org and it leads me 
to believe msi make crap boards.  They can not handle tough loads or 
lots of ram.  I think it was in the amd64 list under a heading that 
mentioned 8gig of ram.  There were several developers that just trashed 
there msi boards and all the rest of there hardware worked fine in a new 
board.  You should look it up.