Messages in this thread | | | From | "Brien" <> | Subject | Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:51:53 -0400 |
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> OK... Do you get the same locations failing with one pair of DIMMs as > with another identical pair of DIMMs, or is it just randomly flakey?
never seems to be the same (maybe a few are, but they've never all been the same--I'd have to look closely to match any addresses)
> Are you sure it's not the power supply? If the voltages are only just > within spec, you could concievably get the behavior you describe.
well, I have a 450 watt power supply that's rated for more than I'm using--it very rarely even becomes warm after hours of use
the voltages go much higher than they need to; I've also tried adjusting them and had the same problem
> I wouldn't even bothing trying to run anything on a machine until it > runs Memtest86 for a couple of hours successfully.
I can with single modules, but not with 2..
I don't know what to do...
thanks for all of the comments/suggestions
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bradford" <john@grabjohn.com> To: "Brien" <admin@brien.com> Cc: "John Bradford" <john@grabjohn.com>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro
> > I've now tried running the following configurations > > [snip] > > > and all of them have the same problem: black screen after kernel loads > > they all do seem to test with errors when ran with another module, but they > > also DO NOT test as errors when they're alone > > OK... Do you get the same locations failing with one pair of DIMMs as > with another identical pair of DIMMs, or is it just randomly flakey? > > > I'm starting to think it's a problem with my motherboard rather than with > > the RAM, because I've tried so many different ways and with different RAM > > modules.. but I don't know for sure.. > > Are you sure it's not the power supply? If the voltages are only just > within spec, you could concievably get the behavior you describe. > > > basically every time I try to run any linux distribution, even if I > > type (mem=XXXM), it just doesn't work... > > I wouldn't even bothing trying to run anything on a machine until it > runs Memtest86 for a couple of hours successfully. > > John. > - > 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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