Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM

[Alexey Karagodov]

try to update BIOS ...

2006/4/13, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot at wolfpond.org>:
>
> 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
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