Computer with i820 chipset (Camino) crashes randomly

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Symptom:

Your computer equipped with a Intel i820 chipset (Camino) an SDRAM crashes randomly.

Cause:

Accordung to Intel, the manufacturer of the chipset, they identified system noise issues with the MTH (memory controller hub) that can cause some systems to intermittently reset, reboot and/or hang.
This issue does neither affect systems working with different chipsets like the i810, nor systems with i820 chipset and RAMBUS RAM.

Solution:

On May 10 Intel Corporation announced that it would replace motherboards that have a defective memory translator hub (MTH) component that translates signals from SDRAM memory to the i820 Chipset.
You will get more information on that topic here:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/cn051000.htm and
http://www.intel.com/support/mth.

Keywords: I820, ABSTURZ, CAMINO, MEMORY, MTH, SPEICHER, CRASH

Categories: Hardware

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