[Fwd: FW: BP6 apic problems!]
Ted Sikora (tsikora@home.com)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:07:34 -0500
FAE wrote:
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> Thanks for your mail.
> We take this issue seriously and we are going to have a meeting with
> BIOS guys to try our best figure this out.
>
> If there is any further solution I'll let you know ASAP.
>
> Best Regards,
> ABIT/FAE
>
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: root [mailto:root] On Behalf Of Ted Sikora
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 11:55 PM
> > > To: technical@abit.com.tw
> > > Subject: BP6 apic problems!
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Sirs,
> > > I am a member of the linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu (linux kernel
> > > developers list) and linux-abit@geek.net mailists(born out of the bp6
> > > apic problem at linux-kernel). I have been duly elected(volunteered) to
> > > present this problem to you. The BP6 has been having an apic error
> > > appear when ever the cpu starts any cpu-intensive tasks. The error is
> > > below:
> > >
> > > APIC error interrupt on CPU#0, should never happen.
> > > ... APIC ESR0: 00000000
> > > ... APIC ESR1: 00000004
> > > ... bit 2: APIC Send Accept Error.
> > > APIC error interrupt on CPU#0, should never happen.
> > >
> > > We have been trying to narrow it down. It is definitely BP6 related
> > > since no other SMP board has this problem. Overclocking was then thought
> > > to be the next step but even that is questionable since some users
> > > report the error even at 66Mhz. For myself it appears at 78Mhz when I
> > > run 2 copies of SETI@home or just dmesg. Cooling has proven to extend
> > > the onset of the errors and in some cases a larger power supply. It
> > > really comes down to a hardware problem. Possibly one of your engineers
--
Ted Sikora
Jtl Development Group
tsikora@powerusersbbs.com
http://powerusersbbs.com
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