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Article #14066Re: What 486motherboards work with Buslogic 542B SCSI
From: Jay Snyder
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 04:24
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 04:24
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In article <1993Jan1.115712.1440@news.cs.indiana.edu> mikes@moose.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes:
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> From: mikes@moose.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.xenix.sco
> Summary: look at your memory, also
> Date: 1 Jan 93 16:57:06 GMT
> References: <926@gdx.UUCP>
> Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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> In article <926@gdx.UUCP> jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay Snyder) writes:
> >
> >
> >When I use it under SCO Xenix (2.3.2GT + UFN + xnx339), everything
> >works fine until I load X (Roell's -- ported by Per Linquist). Then
> >it crashes within minutes.
> >
> >This is also the case with non-GT Xenix on the same board (which is
> >non-scsi, and in theory, shouldn't even try to access the board).
>
> This suggests that you have memory problems, caused either by marginal
> SIMMs or a motherboard with ringing/noise on the memory bus. In either
> case only substitution will find the problem if this is true.
>
> I've never found a diagnostic package that would test things as well
> as just booting and installing SCO UNIX.
If this were the problem, wouldn't it show up without the SCSI board?
BTW, I have 70ns 4megX9 simms.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!psuvax1!vogon1!wa3wbu!frackit!gdx!jay From: jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: What 486motherboards work with Buslogic 542B SCSI Message-ID: <934@gdx.UUCP> Date: 3 Jan 93 04:24:03 GMT References: <926@gdx.UUCP> <1993Jan1.115712.1440@news.cs.indiana.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: GDX-BBS,Central Pa Unix BBS/anon uucp (717)737-3249 PEP+/2400/1200 24hrs Lines: 35 In-reply-to: mikes@moose.cs.indiana.edu's message of 1 Jan 93 16:57:06 GMT