new/old motherboard, new problems?

[PW Armstrong]

Gee, nobody had any insight/ideas on this, or did I miss a reply?  Lenn, 
you usually have some insight into this kind of stuff.  (I know, I know, 
it's old stuff).  Any suggestion is appreciated.  Thx.

-Peter






PW Armstrong wrote:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [TLUG]: new motherboard, new problems?
Date: 	Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:53:05 -0500
From: 	PW Armstrong <pwa.linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
To: 	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org

> Well, here's some insight, I think the problem is a conflict between 
> my kvm switch (a Black Box 'personal servswitch') and the new 
> motherboard, is this possible?  I have a windows box (running xp) and 
> my linux box hooked up to this switch, and when my mouse goes wonky, 
> if I switch over to the windows box and then back to linux, it fixes 
> itself.  Does the mouse ever go wonky on the windows box?  Sometimes 
> it seems to jump, but then fixes itself.
>
> any idea on this?
>
> may not have anything to do with the motherboard, I guess, but it 
> wasn't ever a problem before I switched in the new motherboard.
>
> -Peter
>
>
>
>
> PW Armstrong wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [TLUG]: new motherboard, new problems?
> Date: 	Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:24:30 -0500
> From: 	PW Armstrong <pwa.linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: 	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>
>> Hey guys, thx for your all your suggestions, I will try them one by 
>> one and let you know what works.
>>
>> I think I'll start first by upgrading to the current mozilla version, 
>> and see if that makes any difference.
>>
>> And Lenn, I know I should upgrade the os, just have to do my own 
>> research and pick one to upgrade to.  But that's not a quick fix(!).
>>
>> -peter
>>
>>
>> John Moniz wrote:
>>
>>> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 01:13:21PM -0500, PW Armstrong wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> installed a new motherboard a while back  (OK, OK, it's not new, 
>>>>> but's it's new to my old computer)
>>>>> had some problems with monitor/graphics card settings, which I 
>>>>> fixed with help from lenn (actually, there wasn't a problem, I 
>>>>> just decided to ignore/not check the monitor settings, and assume 
>>>>> it was a graphics card issue, which it is was not)
>>>>>
>>>>> but ever since the new motherboard went in, have been having a 
>>>>> handful of other annoying glitches.
>>>>> In order of annoyance/inconvenience:
>>>>> -mouse randomly goes whacky, i.e., wanders randomly over the 
>>>>> screen whenever I move the mouse, rather than tracking the 
>>>>> physical mouse movement (actually, the vertical movement tracks 
>>>>> correctly, the horizontal movement goes random)
>>>>> -mozilla/mozilla mail (vn 1.4.1) randomly freezes on me (never did 
>>>>> with the original mb) (I think the first is related to a mozilla 
>>>>> problem, since it always occurs when I'm accessing an e-mail or 
>>>>> e-mail folder from mozilla)
>>>>> -when I power down, computer does not automatically shut off as it 
>>>>> used to, even though the 'power down' command is executed
>>>>> The first 2 are fixed by rebooting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yeah:
>>>>> -running RH 8
>>>>> -motherboard:  ASRock M810LMR
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas/suggestions for correcting these problems?  Thx.
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps your kernel is too old for the board.  RH8 is after all 
>>>> ancient.
>>>>
>>>> For the mouse, check the port and protocol settings.  Some 
>>>> motherboards
>>>> require different ps2 settings (if you still use a ps2 mouse, I
>>>> certainly don't, given USB is much more reliable and simpler to 
>>>> setup).
>>>>
>>>> Mozilla only ever crashes on me if I have the flashplayer plugin
>>>> installed, so I just don't install that anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Of course your new board may be unstable, the cpu could be 
>>>> unstable, or
>>>> the ram could be unstable, or you have a bad bios setting or a buggy
>>>> bios version.
>>>>
>>>> For the poweroff, you normally need apm or acpi support for that, so
>>>> make sure that is enabled in the bios and that the kernel knows about
>>>> it, and that apmd or acpid is installed as appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> Len Sorensen
>>>>
>>> I have found on two powerdown problems very similar to yours that 
>>> the fix was to improve the isolation of the MB from the case. You 
>>> can prove that by running your entire system out of the case (can be 
>>> tricky to have the power cables reach the MB). Powering off may work 
>>> then. Anyway, I used the red washers to insulate each screw on both 
>>> sides of the MB. It worked - on two different MBs.
>>>
>>> John.
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