Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM

[Francois Tigeot]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:47:02PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:43:06PM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > 
> > I just tried booting a FreeBSD-6.1-RC1/amd64 CD in a machine with an
> > Athlon-64 X2 4400+ and 4GB of memory.
> > 
> > The mainboard is an Asus A8V-E-SE.
> > 
> > The kernel displays its copyright and then crashes almost instantly. The
> > screen is filled with the letter 'k' and the machine reboots soon after
> > that.

[...]

> > If the memory is limited to 3GB in the BIOS, FreeBSD boots as expected.
> > 
> > I would appreciate if someone could share some insight about this problem.
> 
> Replace the broken 1GB memory stick? :-)

Well, with the same sticks, the same CD boots correctly in an
Opteron/Supermicro H8SSL-i machine

Silly me, I thought it could have been a software bug, when it was in
fact a hardware one...

Any recommandation for a known working socket 939 mainboard with PCI-E
graphics ?

-- 
Francois Tigeot