[PLUG] Somewhat random failures

[Denis Heidtmann]

rae l wrote:
> what does dmidecode say?
> _______________________________________________

Interesting.  I will have to study the dmidecode man page to figure out what it 
all means. But here is something to ponder:

sudo dmidecode -q
BIOS Information
         Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
         Version: 6.00 PG
         Release Date: 12/21/2001
         Address: 0xE0000
         Runtime Size: 128 kB
         ROM Size: 256 kB
         Characteristics:
                 ISA is supported
                 PCI is supported
                 PNP is supported
                 APM is supported
                 BIOS is upgradeable
                 BIOS shadowing is allowed
                 ESCD support is available
                 Boot from CD is supported
                 Selectable boot is supported
                 BIOS ROM is socketed
                 EDD is supported
                 5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                 3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                 Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
                 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                 Serial services are supported (int 14h)
                 Printer services are supported (int 17h)
                 CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
                 ACPI is supported
                 USB legacy is supported
                 AGP is supported
                 LS-120 boot is supported
                 ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported

System Information
         Manufacturer: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
         Product Name: 8753-8233
         Version:
         Serial Number:
         UUID: Not Settable
         Wake-up Type: Power Switch

Base Board Information
         Manufacturer: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
         Product Name: VIAP4XB
         Version:
         Serial Number:

Chassis Information
         Manufacturer:
         Type: Desktop
         Lock: Not Present
         Version:
         Serial Number:
         Asset Tag:
         Boot-up State: Unknown
         Power Supply State: Unknown
         Thermal State: Unknown
         Security Status: Unknown

Processor Information
         Socket Designation: Socket 478
         Type: Central Processor
         Family: Pentium Pro
         Manufacturer: Intel
         ID: 12 0F 00 00 FF F9 EB 3F
         Signature: Type 0, Family 15, Model 1, Stepping 2
         Flags:
                 FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
                 VME (Virtual mode extension)
                 DE (Debugging extension)
                 PSE (Page size extension)
                 TSC (Time stamp counter)
                 MSR (Model specific registers)
                 PAE (Physical address extension)
                 MCE (Machine check exception)
                 CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
                 SEP (Fast system call)
                 MTRR (Memory type range registers)
                 PGE (Page global enable)
                 MCA (Machine check architecture)
                 CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
                 PAT (Page attribute table)
                 PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
                 CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
                 DS (Debug store)
                 ACPI (ACPI supported)
                 MMX (MMX technology supported)
                 FXSR (Fast floating-point save and restore)
                 SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
                 SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
                 SS (Self-snoop)
                 HTT (Hyper-threading technology)
                 TM (Thermal monitor supported)
         Version: <BAD INDEX>
         Voltage: 3.3 V
         External Clock: 100 MHz
         Max Speed: 4000 MHz
         Current Speed: 1500 MHz
         Status: Populated, Enabled
         Upgrade: ZIF Socket

BIOS Information

Invalid entry length (2). DMI table is broken! Stop.

-Denis