Re: No shutdown after processor change
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 9/26/2012 11:14 AM, Artifex Maximus wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Selim T. Erdogan
>> <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>>> Artifex Maximus, 18.09.2012:
>>> Did you make any software updates to the system? I have a pretty old
>>> computer that is using wheezy and as I updated debian within the past
>>> weeks it went back and forth between turning off properly and stalling
>>> with "system halted" on the screen. I don't remember which one it's
>>> been doing most recently.
>>
>> No I did not upgrade my system that time. Since then I do several
>> times but with the same result. The problem probably somewhere else
>> because if I am in the BIOS and press power button the system (CPU)
>> stops/freeze but the screen remains on and have to switch off with
>> power button on PSU. Later the system does not always detect the HDDs
>> at system start which is scaring. So I bought a new ASUS G41 board and
>> a new PSU. Hope that works. Actually I do not have time for build the
>> new system so there will be no new info till Friday. Might I first
>> will try to change only the CPU back to E5200 and see the errors gone
>> or still there. If gone the problem is clearly CPU related.
>
> Sorry for being late for the game. In nearly all cases this behavior is
> a result of a new processor and an old BIOS whose code was not written
> for the new processor. Simply flashing the system with the latest BIOS
> usually fixes such issues. I don't see that mentioned above. Before
> installing the new Asus board, I suggest putting the E5200 back in.
> Confirm everything works as it did before relating to power switch,
> device detection, etc. If it works, flash with the latest BIOS. Reboot
> and verify new BIOS is working. If so, power down and install the
> E8400. The problems should be gone.
Thanks for your answer. I already installed my new board and
everything is fine. I tried E5200 and old motherboard lives again. So
my old board clearly not handle E8400. So bad. My new motherboard
handle E8400 and knows VT which is great.
> I might be able to give you definitive information but you didn't state
> your current mobo make/model. This problem is likely documented in the
> errata, along with the solution, which is likely "upgrade to BIOS
> version x.xx.xxx or later".
It's a Fujitsu-Siemens G31T-M2 manufactured by ECS but no such board
on ECS site. I flashed the last BIOS some years ago as BIOS is from
2008 and no success. Fujitsu support wrote an email that Linux and
E8400 is not supported by them.
Bye,
a
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