Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:47:15 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro |
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Hello Brian , Try this then run memtest86 against each mem stick seperately . It sounds as if you tried both at the same time ? Hth , JimL
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Brien wrote: > Hi again, > (Thanks for replying, John.) > I ran Memtest86, and there're 290 errors that showed up from test 7. But the > thing that I don't understand is, if I use either of the RAM modules alone, > Linux loads and runs perfectly for as long as I've tried; Could it possibly > be a problem with something besides the RAM (e.g. motherboard, CPU)? And I > still don't know if my RAM setup is even supported by Linux -- I'm guessing > that it is though (?).
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bradford" <john@grabjohn.com> > To: "Brien" <admin@brien.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro > > > I have a Gigabyte SINXP1394 motherboard, and 2 Kingston 512 MB DDR 400 > (CL > > > 2.5) RAM modules installed. Whenever I try to install any Linux > > > distribution, I always get a black screen after the kernel loads > > Can you run Memtest86 on it for an hour or two, and confirm that there > > is nothing wrong with the memory? Sometimes really obscure faults > > happen to get triggered with Linux, even if the machine appears to > > work with other operating systems. > > (By the way, good choice getting a Gigabyte board, I always use them, > > and never have problems with them). > > John. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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