[ale] [ALE] Hardware issues w/Linux

[Ron Frazier]

How exactly did you flash the bios, and (hate to say this) did you use 
the right one for that MB.  I think they do have some sort of failsafe 
bios.  Look at the manual that came with the unit.  If you can't find 
the data there, contact me and I'll try to figure it out based on the 
settings on my MB.

Ron

On 03/05/2011 08:06 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Ron Frazier 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     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
>
> I think I've got some other problems now. I had updated the BIOS and 
> now the PCIe bus is hosed so I only have 1 slot working that's on the 
> PCI bus. Both ethernet ports are gone and it's now failing Memtest86+ 
> miserably where it ran it fine before the flash update. I can't find a 
> way to use the previous version. Doesn't MSI have that capability of 
> Dual BIOS? I though I saw something to that affect, but can't find it.
>
>
>     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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(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
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Ron Frazier

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