Hang w/ F12 or F13 Alpha

[Aioanei Rares]

On 04/07/2010 05:18 PM, Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm having problems with a new system and it appears to be Linux rather than hardware since I've been running for about 2 days now with Win XP SP2 installed on the same hardware.
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> It's a MSI P41-C31 motherboard with an Intel Core2 Duo E7500 processor.  I'm using a PCI Express SPARKLE SFPX84GS256U2LP GeForce 8400 GS video card.
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> I experience complete hangs (no key presses acknowledged, system not pingable) almost randomly but moreso when using Video.  For example, trying to boot into graphical mode will hang almost immediately.  Text console will hang within 1/2 hour or less.
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> I've swapped the video card with another computer (it works fine there) and also tried different power supplies and hard drives.  Most recently I've installed Windows XP SP3 on the same computer and it's been running for about 2 days now without problems.  So, this seems to be a linux issu.
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> I've tried increasing the PCI-Express bus speed from 100 to 105 and it will run a little longer before crashing with video, but appears to create some other instability.  So, this is not an acceptable solution.
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> Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to resolve this?  The RMA Hell is killing me.  :-(
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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Please post the output of dmesg and the contents of /var/log/messages .