[lug] Flakey Hardware?

[John Hernandez]

I would be inclined to try a different OS before concluding it's faulty
hardware.  Can you, for example, install and boot a BSD variant?  I
won't even mention the other logical choice for a test OS.  If those
work fine, it may then be advisable to try a different Linux distribution.

If other OS's fail similarly, running memtest86 from a bootable CD might
be a logical next step.

Lee Woodworth wrote:
> Steve Sullivan <Steve Sullivan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought a dual opteron system, with a Tyan motherboard
> I recall reading that there were issues with the BIOS and/or SATA
> chipset on some amd64 motherboards about a year ago (gentoo amd64
> topics in the support forums). You may want to do research on the
> issue.
>> and SATA drives from monarchCompter.com.
>> It wouldn't boot, so after many many attempts to contact
>> their tech support, by phone and by email, I finally got
>> an RMA and sent it back.
> ....
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