VIA CHIPSET KT 400 / 8235 troubleshooting

[Laurent Pierre]

> Hello,
> 
> I'm having some problems with my new hardware and I was told in a forum to
> contact you to get more information.
> 
> I am using a pc based upon the following configuration : 
> Processor : ATHLON XP 2000+ 
> Memory : 512 MO 
> Motherboard : DFI AD77 ( KT 400 / 8235 chipset. ) 
> Video Card : Leadtek Winfast A 180 DDR T 
> 
> The motherboard has been already patch with the bios's last version found
> at <http://www.dfi.com.tw/Upload/BIOS/Ad770311.zip> 
> 
> I've installed Mandrake 9.1 RC2 
> 
> Everytime , my pc hangs during the installation and i have the following
> messages : 
> 
> - CPU AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2000+ stepping 00 
> - Enabling Fast FPU save and restore ... done 
> - Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done 
> - Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK 
> - Checking for popad bug... OK 
> - POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX 
> - enabled ExtINT on CPU #0 
> - ESR value before enabling vector : 00000002 
> 
> I have tried to disable the USB ports without success. 
> I've tried to activate / deactivate the ACPI mode as well, but nothing. 
> I've applied the latest BIOS patch from DFI. 
> Thus, the problem seems to be between the APIC and the kernel version. 
> 
> I tried again yesterday to install  Mandrake 9.1 RC2 and it hangs... 
> 
> i've tried an Manual install and i've choosen a older kernel version (
> which is given in Mandrake's advanced installation menu ) , and
> installation was ok ! BUT when booting for the first time after choosing
> Mandrake in the LILO menu, the PC hangs with the same error message... 
> 
> I've tried to activate / deactivate APIC : No result. 
> 
> I would really appreciate any help or advice you could offer on this
> problem.
> Thanks in advance. 
> 
> Pierre Laurent 

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