On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:22:40 +0900, SODA Noriyuki <soda@sra.co.jp> wrote:
>
> Have you tried some hardware diag tool like memtest86+?
> 
> We recently had a stability issue, and we didn't think it as a
> hardware problem, since the machine had worked fine until we
> replaced its kernel. (The machine also did run memtest86+ fine,
> when it was bought).
> But actually it was a hardware issue in our case.  When we tried
> memtest86+ finally, lots of RAM problems were detected.
> 
> FWIW, 3.x kernel run fine with GENERIC.MPACPI configuration
> on my Athlon 64 X2.
> --
> soda

Yes, I've run memtest86 and memtest86+ and found no errors. I've also checked all the HDDs with MHDD (http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/), and found no problems.

I haven't tried GENERIC.MPACPI yet. As I understood it is mainly intended for duel core systems and systems with HT. As mine doesn't have HT and is physically two seperate CPUs, I went with GENERIC.MP.

I have also noticed a SWINGER kernel config file, with an accompanying SWINGER.MP. I'm not too certain why SWINGER is included in the source tree, but it is descirbed as "thorpej's Abit BP6+dual Celeron". Interesting because the motherboard I am using, an Abit VP6, is the successor to the BP6. I can't find anything special about SWINGER though, except that it is customised to only work on the BP6.

Chris.