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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Major system problems...
Date: 26 Dec 1996 16:08:04 -0800
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:In article <59nn0r$h64@robin.theramp.net>,
:Jordan Klein <haplo@haplo.theramp.net> wrote:
:>I am having major failures on my system, with FreeBSD and need some
:>assistance interpreting the errors. Let me describe my hardware
:>before going further:
:>
:>486/120 system board, AMD processor, 256 K cache
:>48mb non-parity ram, 3 16mb simms
:>Genoa Phantom 64V-2001 video with 2mb vram (S3 Trio64+)
#1 thing to try ... turn off the external cache in the bios and see if
that fixes it.
#2 thing to try ... if your bios has adjustable dram timing, try giving
the dram another wait state (but always remember the original settings!).
If either of these fixes your problem, then your problem is either with
your secondary cache or with your dynamic ram. There are *many* 486
motherboards out there with secondary cache subsystems which fail
under certain circumstances in linear address mode.
-Matt