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beyoku · Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:05 pm

my install freezes after about 7 minutes whn i try to install on my dually.
i have a MP 2400 x2
512 ram
HD is Secondary slave-
Only linux is being installed on the full drive.
I have tried maybe 10 times and it keeps freezing.
CD light stops, mouse still moves - no further progress in installing programs.
I have tried 2 versions of Red hat and 1 mandrake distro.
What aim i doing wrong.
I have a USB mouse and keyboard.
geforce gts 64
dvd-rw drive
2 nics
could it be the 2 nics - 1 onboard, 1 PCI?

jayjayb · Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:15 pm

whats ur power supply? Inadaquate power has plagued me in the past...

beyoku · Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:24 pm

550Wt PS. - I thought everything would be up to snuff

Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:47 pm

Have you tried removing one of the proc's and see if it helps?

Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:51 pm

Do you have another CD/DVD ROM drive to use?

Are you beginning the install, then walking away and when you come back, clicking on something to continue? I had a poor quality ROM that halted my Linux installs because I would start it, do something else, then when I came back and it was time for it to spin up the CD after it had gone idle, it would spin, but never resume reading where it left off. It was very odd.

beyoku · Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:27 am

i only have 1 cd drive installed but i will try to use a different one.
I MAY try to run it with 1 proc but will that muss things up after i pop in the 2nd proc. I dont know how to recompile and all that cause im a newbie. Also i dont wanna take off the pric cause i got the 1700's OC using the pinmod and everything is FINALLY runing perfect (on windoze) - the temps are good and is hasnt crashed ever. maybe i just have to pull a proc. The CD media is also freshly burned, no finger prints.

Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:39 am

Hm... there's no way you can disable the 2nd processor straight from the BIOS?

Also, do the following: rip an ISO of your current CD and compare it to the original ISO from which you burned it. I've had several installations fail on me due to bad media.

Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:11 pm

Weren't you the person with the Tyan Tiger MP (not MPX)?

The original Tiger MP can't handle 2400+ CPUs. IIRC it tops out at around 2000+ (give or take); beyond that, the power circuitry on the mobo is overtaxed; the system becomes unstable and/or the ATX power connector eventually overheats and melts.

If you've got a different mobo, then never mind... :wink:

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