I installed the memory and the CPU and the motherboard and the new video card all together tonight. CentOS installed very nicely and I'm currently running the CentOS-Plus version, with which I _can_ access my Windows partitions. Well, one of the disks is getting flaky and I'm having trouble with it - of course, that's the one I need the most. Glitches, with which I would be delighted to obtain feedback and/or advice: 1) In the boot screen, it tells me "CPU0 Memory information: single channel, 64-bits." I have 2Gb of DDR2 PC6400 (800MHz) memory - is this a problem, or does it mean something else entirely? (ECS NFORCE4M-A m/b, Phoenix BIOS 6.00PG) 2) While the system is booting up, it tells me: MP-BUG: 8254 timer is not connected to APIC What does this mean and is there a way around it? 3) CentOS does not appear to have the drivers for my video card or monitor. I have an e-GEForce 7100gs card and an Envision en910e monitor (yeah, that old 19" CRT that has been working fine for 3+ years). How can I get more than 800x600 (need 1280x1024 to work properly? And please don't say buy a new monitor - no money for that for a while.... 4) Here's the bad part (sort of) - I can't boot my Windows any more. It comes part way up and reboots, whether I try to run Safe Mode (hahahahahaha) or Crashing (I mean Normal) Mode. The video card is different, and I thought that might be the problem, but it should come up in safe mode no matter what - no video driver loaded. (I also went from a P4 to an Athlon 64 X2 - could that be part/all of it?). Some of this might be O/T, so please point me at the right place if so (except that last one - there is no right place for that stuff....)-; Thanks. mhr (aka mhull-richter at datallegro.com) -- [This message is sent in strict accordance with both Google and Yahoo Terms of Service. If you are receiving this second-hand, this sender disclaims all responsibility for your response.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070316/977cfa33/attachment.html>
Mark Hull-Richter wrote:> I installed the memory and the CPU and the motherboard and the new video > card all together tonight. CentOS installed very nicely and I'm currently > running the CentOS-Plus version, with which I _can_ access my Windows > partitions. Well, one of the disks is getting flaky and I'm having trouble > with it - of course, that's the one I need the most. > > Glitches, with which I would be delighted to obtain feedback and/or advice: > > 1) In the boot screen, it tells me "CPU0 Memory information: single > channel, > 64-bits." I have 2Gb of DDR2 PC6400 (800MHz) memory - is this a > problem, or > does it mean something else entirely?Is it supposed to be dual channel - typically in my limited experience you have four RAM slots in two pairs. If you have two equal-sized sticks of RAM, they should be in same-coloured sockets. otherise, it probably doesn't mean anything.> (ECS NFORCE4M-A m/b, Phoenix BIOS 6.00PG) > > 2) While the system is booting up, it tells me: > MP-BUG: 8254 timer is not connected to APIC > What does this mean and is there a way around it?Dunno. Unless you get better advice, look for a BIOS upgrade. It doesn't look good.> > 3) CentOS does not appear to have the drivers for my video card or monitor. > I have an e-GEForce 7100gs card and an Envision en910e monitor (yeah, that > old 19" CRT that has been working fine for 3+ years). How can I get more > than 800x600 (need 1280x1024 to work properly? And please don't say buy a > new monitor - no money for that for a while....It's not the screen, I'm sure of that:-) You could try various vga/vesa framebuffer drivers, they might work. You could also try booting with VGA=794 (VGA791 if that doesn't work). It might not help X (but it might), but if it works, you will have very nice virtual consoles: I get 160x64 on my laptop.> > 4) Here's the bad part (sort of) - I can't boot my Windows any more. It > comes part way up and reboots, whether I try to run Safe Mode > (hahahahahaha) > or Crashing (I mean Normal) Mode. The video card is different, and I > thought that might be the problem, but it should come up in safe mode no > matter what - no video driver loaded. (I also went from a P4 to an Athlon > 64 X2 - could that be part/all of it?).Backup the data (Knoppix helps here, or simply find the NTFS tools), and reinstall Windows. DO NOT reformat the partition, and do have a rescue disk for Linux handy:-) Hopefully, Windows will sort itself out.> > Some of this might be O/T, so please point me at the right place if so > (except that last one - there is no right place for that stuff....)-; >Windows is definitely off-topic, and I've given too much advice already. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list
> > 2) While the system is booting up, it tells me: > MP-BUG: 8254 timer is not connected to APIC > What does this mean and is there a way around it?Hmm...maybe try noapic if you get stability issues.> > 3) CentOS does not appear to have the drivers for my video card or > monitor. I have an e-GEForce 7100gs card and an Envision en910e monitor > (yeah, that old 19" CRT that has been working fine for 3+ years). How > can I get more than 800x600 (need 1280x1024 to work properly? And please > don't say buy a new monitor - no money for that for a while....Just hit www.nvidia.com and get their binary driver.
Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 3/16/2007 12:40 AM:> I installed the memory and the CPU and the motherboard and the new video > card all together tonight. CentOS installed very nicely and I'm > currently running the CentOS-Plus version, with which I _can_ access my > Windows partitions. Well, one of the disks is getting flaky and I'm > having trouble with it - of course, that's the one I need the most. > > Glitches, with which I would be delighted to obtain feedback and/or advice: > > 1) In the boot screen, it tells me "CPU0 Memory information: single > channel, 64-bits." I have 2Gb of DDR2 PC6400 (800MHz) memory - is this > a problem, or does it mean something else entirely? > (ECS NFORCE4M-A m/b, Phoenix BIOS 6.00PG)Look at your mobo manual and make sure the memory is in pairs in the proper slots.> > 2) While the system is booting up, it tells me: > MP-BUG: 8254 timer is not connected to APIC > What does this mean and is there a way around it? > > 3) CentOS does not appear to have the drivers for my video card or > monitor. I have an e-GEForce 7100gs card and an Envision en910e monitor > (yeah, that old 19" CRT that has been working fine for 3+ years). How > can I get more than 800x600 (need 1280x1024 to work properly? And please > don't say buy a new monitor - no money for that for a while.... > > 4) Here's the bad part (sort of) - I can't boot my Windows any more. It > comes part way up and reboots, whether I try to run Safe Mode > (hahahahahaha) or Crashing (I mean Normal) Mode. The video card is > different, and I thought that might be the problem, but it should come > up in safe mode no matter what - no video driver loaded. (I also went > from a P4 to an Athlon 64 X2 - could that be part/all of it?).You will have to do a repair install of your windows. Unfortunately, after this you will also need to boot from a rescue disk and re-install grub, as the windows repair will usually hose the bootloader.> Some of this might be O/T, so please point me at the right place if so > (except that last one - there is no right place for that stuff....)-; > > Thanks.-- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!