>>>>> "Jack" == Jack Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jack> On 4/5/06, David Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At this point, I've been through 4 AMD64 motherboards. Commonly, >> AE_BAD_CHARACTER stops ACPI (or apic?) from figuring out the system >> --- this has happened on 3 out of four boards. On this latest >> board, it can turn off APIC. If I do that, FreeBSD hangs after >> detecting the disks. The only "wrong" thing on the screen is >> >> module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (amr_linux, 0xffffffff805ebcc0, 0) >> error 6 >> >> I have tested boot CDs for amd64 from 6.0-RELEASE, 6.1-BETA1 and >> 6.1-BETA4. None have successfully booted on these boards. >> >> Strangely enough, i386 boots fine, APIC and all. >> >> Dave. Jack> Whats the first thing anyone that might help you gonna need??? Jack> Motherboard details, chipset, memory, etc etc... :) Jack> I have two different amd64 systems, both have run FreeBSD 6 Jack> RELEASE, and one is running CURRENT, so its not the architecture Jack> in general thats broken. Jack> One last resort you might try, boot Failsafe, I've had that work Jack> when just turning off ACPI doesnt. Well... the other motherboard have already been exchanged, but the current frustration is with a MSI K8NGM2 which runs an Nvidia 430/410 chipset. However, the other boards each had a different chipset and (as much as possible) a different bios. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
