[ale] [ALE] Hardware issues w/Linux

[Ron Frazier]

I had another thought.  Last resort, and a wild thought at that, you 
could gently remove the heat sink and remove the CPU and check for bent 
or broken pins on the CPU.  Do NOT pull up on the heat sink without 
releasing the CPU latch (which is almost impossible) or you WILL bend 
the pins.  I did that once and had to spend an hour with tweezers fixing 
the pins to avoid wrecking a $ 250 chip.  You could also have a 
defective CPU, or memory.

Ron

On 03/05/2011 12:01 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us 
> <mailto:mike at trausch.us>> wrote:
>
>     Huh.
>
>     Either that, or you're just really lucky and have found two boards
>     that vexpose a bug in the kernel. I'd say its time to go a-huntin'...
>
> That would be my luck,,,, I am going to try flashing my BIOS, as near 
> as I can tell I do have an older version. MSI's site is kinda cryptic, 
> but it sounds like the newer version is processor centric, so I'll 
> pass on the info.
>
>     --
>     Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
>
>     On Mar 5, 2011 10:12 AM, "Scott Castaline" <skotchman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Got a new MoBo from MSI the 890FXa-GD70, to replace my Gigabyte bd.
>     > Transferred the AMD Phenom II X4 965, AData 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3
>     1333, and
>     > installed the HIS 5770. Attempted to boot and BAM! kernel panic.
>     It boots 32
>     > bit Live Linux fine, but cannot handle 64 bit. A 64 bit install
>     DVD gives
>     > the same results. Could this be a CPU chip problem, or even a
>     RAM problem
>     > that Memtest is not catching?
>     >
>     > Signed,
>     > Desperate & Confused.
>
>

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