Gentlemen, I purchased a refurbished IBM ThinkCentre PC to use as a controller for a V90 Fireball CNC router. I'm currently trying to get the PC tuned up and ready for the arrival of the machine.
Everything is going well with the Linux/EMC2 install. The problem is that the latency Max Jitter will start out right at 5000 to 6500-ish then jump to 120,000. If I reset the statistics, it will stay low for (usually) exactly 30 seconds then jump up again. I read the Wiki and it suggests an SMI problem. I've tried everything else to no avail. I've installed an ATI S9250 video card, turned off everything in the BIOS, and added additional RAM. The BIOS won't let me disable the "on board" video, only select which one is used at boot-up. I am also having a hard time finding the correct ATI driver, there seems to be alot of them listed in the Ubuntu repository. After reading the WIki, I'm thinking I'll need some guidance if I have to shut off the SMI. I don't understand if SMI is shut off with a hardware switch, or thru software. I couldn't find any reference in the BIOS. I've read the warnings and like Sir Robin, I am willing to face the danger. Here are the specs: IBM ThinkCentre - Intel i848/i865 Chipset Pentium 4, 2.7 GHz 1 GB RAM ATI S9250 Video Card (256M RAM) Wireless-G Network Card Thanks in advance for any assistance!! Keith Hoard Collierville, TN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
