[PLUG] Rebuilt System Still Not Right
fh hillsboro
linux at frankhunt.com
Wed Mar 29 16:19:58 UTC 2006
Rich,
These are all great ideas. You may also want to check cables,
interconnects, and I/F boards to eliminate them. I build systems at
FreeGeek and have seen many mysterious problems caused by flaky cables,
incompatible NIC's, graphics and sound boards. Try removing everything
that you don't need.
-frank
Galen Seitz wrote:
> Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I thought that a seg fault was a bad data structure or pointer that
>> crossed a code boundary in the ia86 processor/memory
>> architecture. Despite the 2.2M hits Google returned, all I saw were
>> reports of the occurrence of a segmentation fault, not a confirmation
>> of just what it is, and what causes them.
>>
>
> Seg fault is not x86 specific. It can happen on any processor that has
> an MMU or other memory access protection. If a read, write, or fetch
> occurs to an area of memory where that type of access is not allowed by the
> MMU, a seg fault will occur.
>
> An old, but still relevant link.
> http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
>
>
>> This sudden lack of stability with a new motherboard, memory that tests
>> good, and the same hard drive that worked flawlessly in the old
>> workstation/server is distracting and bothersome. If anyone has ideas on what
>> the problem might be, ways to test for the problem source, or practical
>> solutions, I would like to learn from your greater expertise and experience.
>>
>
> I think you have a hardware problem, not software. Here are some ideas.
>
> Boot from Knoppix or similar and try to recreate the problem. If the
> problem persists, this would confirm that it's not a software problem,
> and that it is unlikely to be a disk drive problem.
>
> Double check that the processor is not being overclocked.
>
> Double check that the memory is not being overclocked.
>
> Double check that the front side bus is not being overclocked.
>
> Double check that the PCI bus is not being overclocked.
>
> Your motherboard probably has some fan connections that are not speed
> controlled. Move your CPU fan to one of these connectors. If your
> motherboard has a CPU fan speed check in the BIOS, you will probably
> have to disable it.
>
> Make sure you have good contact between the CPU and heatsink.
>
> Check the DMA configuration of your disk drive. Consider backing its
> speed down.
>
> Go back to the shop where you got the motherboard and ask if you can get
> a loaner motherboard and power supply from different vendors. If the
> problem persists with the different mb and power supply, your CPU may
> have been damaged when your old system died.
>
> Good luck!
>
> galen
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