Subject: Re: [LAU] random system lockups, memtest clean, no idea... Magic sysrq?

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@...> · Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:10 am

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Loki Davison  wrote:

quoted text> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Lee Revell  wrote:

>> Lockups under Windows are not normal, at least since Win2K.

>>

>> Try resetting BIOS to defaults, and if that does not help, fiddle with

>> the BIOS memory settings.

>>

>> I had a similar problem with an Athlon XP system that I eventually

>> worked around by changing some obscure RAM timing setting.

>>

>

>

> Thanks for the hint Lee, did the error that was fixed with ram timings

> for you come up in any mem tester? memtest86+? Should i just frob the

> knobs with regards to timings ? ;)
No, it did not.  I think it was triggered by my sound card (SBLive)

doing DMA, which would not show up on memtest.  There was a well known

problem with that card on certain VIA chipsets, but none of the

workarounds helped.
I would first reset the BIOS to defaults, then if the problem recurs,

change one thing at a time.
Are you using the latest BIOS?
Lee

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