e1000e unstable on a new board

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Fri Oct 16 04:33:40 UTC 2009


Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> On 10/15/2009 09:35 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> I've got a new Supermicro X8SIL-F mobo that has two onboard Intel
>> 82574L gigabit ports. After about 1 to 10 minutes of usage, the
>> network ports stop working. ifconfig reports billions of errors and
>> continues to rack them up. I have to reboot the system to get
>> networking back. This repeats and I have to reboot again. I updated
>> the kernel to 2.6.30.8 but it still happens. Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>
> False alarm (ugh). I reset the BIOS to defaults and it just installed
> F11 with updates turned on without a hitch. Go figure. There are no
> BIOS options for the network ports either.
>
Whatever changes you made to your BIOS settings to bring out this
problem....please keep them secret.  We wouldn't want anyone else to
miss out on the chance to experience the same adventure.  :-) :-)

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