I am running a small server on a recycled computer I put together from different parts. The motherboard seems to be a Shuttle MV17 (or similar), with the VIA VT8605 chipset. However, it only has a single PCI slot, since it is fitted in a weird case. It has onboard VGA with composite output, Ethernet and sound. It's a small one, probably Micro or Mini ATX.
Looks exactly like this: http://www.acesuppliers.com/Supplier...oom_12679.html
The processor is an intel celeron 800mhz, 100mhz clock.
The ram is a no-name 128mb, PC133 (133mhz clock).
I am having some occasional crashes and ran memtest86+ which came up with an error in the first pass.
I've googled quite a bit but didn't find the exact same motherboard I have, or any tech details of it. First of all, I think the Shuttle MV17 is supposed to be an 133mhz FSB board. However, one silly-looking website said that it's compatible with Celeron and PIII processors with FSB's from 66mhz to 133mhz, including 100mhz. Can a 133mhz FSB board be compatible with a 100mhz processor? What would happen if it wasn't compatible?
The ram supposedly HAS to be at 133mhz. Can a 133mhz ram be compatible with a 100mhz FSB? It's an SDRAM. The ratio would be quite weird, unless I'm doing the maths totally wrong.
The thing is, the server used to run fine since June, NONSTOP!!! Lately I've had a power-cut and when it powered back up again, it wouldn't boot. I restarted a couple of times and it finally did boot but only found 50mb of ram. Then I rebooted and was fine again, seeing all 128mb. I then ran the memtest that found the error. I've recently added heavier stuff on there, such as an SVN repository. It sometimes crashes during massive checkouts or exports. It's usually fine with a reboot, but I'd like to locate the problem.
Can someone please shed some light?
OS: Ubuntu Server 8.04.1
lshw output (in case you have some free time):
Code:the-server description: Desktop Computer product: VT8605 vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop *-core description: Motherboard product: 8605-686A vendor: Shuttle Inc. physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Award Software International, Inc. physical id: 0 version: 6.00 PG (08/21/2001) size: 128KiB capacity: 192KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Celeron (Coppermine) vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.8.6 slot: Socket 370 size: 800MHz width: 32 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse up *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 9 slot: Internal Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 0 size: 128KiB *-cache description: L2 cache physical id: a slot: External Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 2MiB capabilities: synchronous external write-back *-memory description: Flash Memory physical id: 1e slot: System board or motherboard size: 128MiB capacity: 512MiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM physical id: 0 slot: BANK_0 size: 128MiB *-bank:1 description: DIMM [empty] physical id: 1 slot: BANK_1 *-bank:2 description: DIMM [empty] physical id: 2 slot: BANK_2 *-pci description: Host bridge product: VT8605 [ProSavage PM133] vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-via module=via_agp *-pci description: PCI bridge product: VT8605 [PM133 AGP] vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: ProSavage PM133 vendor: S3 Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=prosavage_smbus latency=248 maxlatency=255 mingnt=4 module=i2c_prosavage *-isa description: ISA bridge product: VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 40 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=parport_pc latency=0 module=parport_pc *-ide description: IDE interface product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.1 logical name: scsi0 version: 06 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=pata_via latency=32 module=pata_via *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST3120026A vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 3.06 serial: {serial-here} size: 111GiB (120GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature={sig-here} *-volume:0 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / logical name: /dev/.static/dev version: 1.0 serial: {serial-here} size: 110GiB capacity: 110GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2008-06-28 23:07:03 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-11-20 02:22:26 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2008-11-20 02:22:26 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Linux swap volume physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 version: 1 serial: {serial-here} size: 980MiB capacity: 980MiB capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096 *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.2 version: 1a width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 module=uhci_hcd *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.3 version: 1a width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32 module=uhci_hcd *-bridge UNCLAIMED description: Bridge product: VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.4 version: 40 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bridge pm cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. physical id: 7.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.5 version: 50 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm cap_list configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Audio latency=0 module=snd_via82xx *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: c bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0 logical name: eth0 version: 10 serial: {serial-here} size: 100MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip={ip-here} latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: FW323 vendor: Agere Systems physical id: f bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12 module=ohci1394
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