[wellylug] Installfest / hardware guru's

[JP]

 --- andrej wrote: 

> I'm suspicious of one of the HDD's. Once in
> a while (after having faulted in a Linux-boot)
> it will show up in BIOS POST as something that's
> clearly not its model-number (looks like \~n's and
> the like)... even though it's still giving DMA
> errors with that drive unplugged ;\
> 

Mobo problem?  Sounds more and more like a hardware
issue to me anyway.

> I could provide a photo (jpeg) of the error from 
> within Linux (no, I couldn't get that from a log
> because the box just hangs there, never finishes
> booting) (linux displays what the BIOS showed, too)
> ...
> 

That might be useful -- can you post it to a web site
somewhere and post the address on this list?

I had DMA errors on a old laptop, and it turned out it
was because I had upgraded the kernel to 2.4.25 and
accepted the default config when compiling, which was
for many of the fancy DMA options to be turned on. 
Recompiling with DMA options turned off did the trick.
 But it was a really ancient laptop (P166).

Cheers
Tony

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