Built new server, but says it has 33Mhz fsb

[Jason Brown]

I had a lot of problems with the mobo already.  The BIOS was hosed when I
got it.  When I would try and change the boot settings it would only allow
me to be in there for about 5-10 seconds before it would either reboot or
freeze with random characters.  Once I flashed the BIOS and cleared the CMOS
I was able to go in and load the optomized defaults and change the boot
order.  I still however get random blackouts on the machine.  Anytime the
VGA cable is moved slightly, USB cable becomes unplugged, or I take the
ethernet cable out of the NIC the monitor goes to sleep and the computer is
non-responsive and then I have to reboot it in order for things to work
properly again.  It does have the NVidia chipset, installing the drivers
from them maybe correct this problem?  I am also running the x86_64 version
of the OS.  Is it as stable as the x86 version?

On 3/22/06, Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:12:02 -0500
> > From: Jason Brown <ninjazjb at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <
> redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
> > To: Redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Built new server, but says it has 33Mhz fsb
> >
> > The new server that I built has a 754 AMD Sempron along with a Biostart
> > motherboard.  I installed RHEL AS v.4 on it last night and during the
> > initial install process it says that it couldn't locate something and it
> was
> > going to assume that it was going to run at 33Mhz FSB.  Seeing that it
> spit
> > out a bunch of things before it goes to the graphical interface for the
> > install I couldn't really see what the reason was for making it go at
> such a
> > slow speed.  Is there a way that I can check to see if its still running
> at
> > that speed and if it is, how do I correct it?
>
> You will 1) want to make sure you have the latest bios from your vendor
> and
> 2) make sure the timings on the motherboard are set properly for your cpu
> -
> clearly they seem to not be set properly - most modern motherboards set
> timings
> in the bios.
>
> A "load optimal default" operation in the bios might also be another
> shortcut.
>
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