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Zen CPUs are notoriously broken on Linux and AMD doesn't seem to care. If you ever try to install Linux on a first-get Ryzen box and want an uptime longer than
by thescriptkiddie 7y ago
Zen CPUs are notoriously broken on Linux and AMD doesn't seem to care. If you ever try to install Linux on a first-get Ryzen box and want an uptime longer than 3 days, you'll want to keep this handy:
https://github.com/qrwteyrutiyoup/ryzen-stabilizator https://github.com/qrwteyrutiyoup/ryzen-stabilizator
- sq_ 7y agoI’m not sure if I’m some weird exception, but I’ve never had issues running Linux at long uptimes on my R5 1600 box.
- ohithereyou 7y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if the quality and stability of the motherboard is a factor here. R5 1600, never had any of these problems, and I have friends running Threadrippers that don't see these problems either.
- sq_ 7y agoSeems plausible. The build my R5 1600 is in has a reasonably high-end Asrock X370 mobo. Is your setup similar?
- ohithereyou 7y agoIt's an Asrock B450 Pro4.
- sq_ 7y agoHah! I almost bought that board, but ended up going with another for built-in wifi. Asrock has been a really solid brand for me.
- ohithereyou 7y agoMy Pro4 has been solid for me. I upgraded about a year ago from an AM3+ FX-8350 build on another Asrock motherboard. That was back when Microcenter was selling the R5 1600 for $79 with $30 off a qualifying motherboard.
- sq_ 7y agoImpressed that an 8350 lasted you that long at a reasonable performance level. An R5 1600 for $79 is definitely an awesome deal; mine still crushes pretty much any work I throw at it.
- vlakreeh 7y agoI have a Ryzen 1700 and haven't noticed any issues other than the GCC segfaulting one, but that's a hardware problem sadly.
- tbrock 7y agoYet everyone on here praises these chips and AMD as the (second?) coming of Christ. I don’t get it, it seems like there are technical leaps but sloppy execution. In the end I still trust intel (even with specter/meltdown etc) more than AMD because at least my machine: a) boots b) stays up long enough to have me even worry about an attack
- swarnie_ 7y agoMaybe a lot of people don’t run Linux or their Zen/Ryzen machine? Since as you’ve said, it has issues.
- AsyncAwait 7y agoI have a Linux machine with a 1st gen Ryzen 1700. It locked sometimes in the first couple of months after release, but has been stable for a good while. Not sure about newer gen.
- all_blue_chucks 7y agoYou have to disable a key security feature (ASLR) to have a stable AMD-based linux system?? That should have been treated as an all-hands-on-deck emergency by AMD.
- mrguyorama 7y agoDoes Windows have to disable ASLR on ryzen? Why not?
- thescriptkiddie 7y agoIn my case I only had to use the "Power Supply Idle Control" workaround. Apparently some BIOSes have a setting for this but mine doesn't.
- stingraycharles 7y agoDoes this also apply to Threadrippers? I have a 1950x and it seems to sometimes suffer from stability issues, and wondering whether it’s related.