[lug] LUG Digest, Vol 104, Issue 2

[Rodger Bruce]

Im moving into a much smaller place. I need to sale my server 16 core 32 
gb of ram.



On 6/7/2012 12:00 PM, lug-request at lug.boulder.co.us wrote:
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>     1. insane Gigabyte issue (Steven A Hart)
>     2. Re: insane Gigabyte issue (Zan Lynx)
>     3. Re: insane Gigabyte issue (Steven A Hart)
>     4. Re: Linux Mint 13 - Now Available (Tom Martin)
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> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:58:20 -0600
> From: Steven A Hart<shart at Colorado.EDU>
> Subject: [lug] insane Gigabyte issue
> To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
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> I'm having an issue with a Gigabyte motherboard and I'm hoping someone
> else may have seen this issue as well and maybe has a solution.
>
> Here's the setup:
>
> GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3
> G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
> 12800)
> AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+
> ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
> COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS700-PCAAE3-US 700W ATX 12V
> Seagate 500GB SATA2 Hard drive
>
> Here's the problem:
>
> regardless of what I'm trying to install (RHEL6, Memtest bootable CD,
> windows, etc), The BIOS posts, then says */Loading Operating system,
> /*then sits there like a dumb shit.  This is the 2nd Gigabyte
> motherboard I've seen this on so I do not think it's a bad MB.  I first
> tried it with a GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ motherboard and could not get
> it to work so I RMA'd it and got the one listed above under the setup.
>
> After a bunch of research, multiple people reported this problem but
> said a BIOS update solved the issue for them.  I've updated to the
> latest BIOS and still no luck for me.  I've also confirmed that the
> power supply is good, the video card is good, and have been attempting
> to test the memory but since memtest won't boot, I'm only guessing that
> the memory is good.  I've also tried manually setting the memory
> timing.  When the motherboard is set to auto for memory timing it does
> not match the memory specs given by G.Skill ( 9-9-9-24-2N).  Manually
> setting the timings to match the G.Skill specs has no effect on the problem.
>
> Another thing to note is that I have the motherboard set to */Optimized
> defaults/* so there are no weird tweaks to the BIOS that can be the
> issue.  It's almost like it's hanging on the trade off from BIOS to the
> boot aspect of whatever I'm using (CD-ROM, USB, Hard drive).
>
> If anyone has seen this type of issue before, I would greatly appreciate
> some advice because I've been banging my head against the wall for over
> a week on this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve