[LAU] random system lockups, memtest clean, no idea... Magic sysrq?

[Loki Davison]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Loki Davison <loki.davison at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
>>> Lockups under Windows are not normal, at least since Win2K.
>>>
>>> Try resetting BIOS to defaults, and if that does not help, fiddle with
>>> the BIOS memory settings.
>>>
>>> I had a similar problem with an Athlon XP system that I eventually
>>> worked around by changing some obscure RAM timing setting.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the hint Lee, did the error that was fixed with ram timings
>> for you come up in any mem tester? memtest86+? Should i just frob the
>> knobs with regards to timings ? ;)
>
> No, it did not.  I think it was triggered by my sound card (SBLive)
> doing DMA, which would not show up on memtest.  There was a well known
> problem with that card on certain VIA chipsets, but none of the
> workarounds helped.
>
> I would first reset the BIOS to defaults, then if the problem recurs,
> change one thing at a time.
>
> Are you using the latest BIOS?
>
> Lee
>

ahh no idea. Do bios updates happen often? I never even thought of it.
I guess i'll check. The board is Asus p5b, with a Q6600 quad core, a
nvidia 9600GT and an echo gina3g. I guess i'll have a look for other
reports about the board then too. I'd assumed it had to be something
to do with RAM or HD.

Loki