Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: >128 MB RAM stability problems (again) | From | Ronald Bultje <> | Date | 05 Jul 2001 10:44:25 +0200 |
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On 04 Jul 2001 17:29:12 -0400, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > You write: > | I'm kind of astounded now, WHY can't linux-2.4.x run on ANY machine in > | my house with more than 128 MB RAM?!? Can someone please point out to me > | that he's actually running kernel-2.4.x on a machine with more than 128 > | MB RAM and that he's NOT having severe stability problems? > > Me. Two machines. (Both 2.4.5 high -ac kernels.) > > I strongly suggest getting memtest86 and running it on all of your > problematic machines.
I ran memtest tonight on all machines.... It gave 0 errors on all of them.....
So.... this leads to the conclusion that the memory is okay, and that something else must be the problem.... Could it still be a failing power supply or something? It seems both computers have a 230 W power supply. Might be a problem, I guess, I can buy a 400 W thingy if that makes sense.
Other solutions I heard: - antistatic wrist strap: already have one :-) - BIOS fiddling... What exactly should I look for? They are, as far as I can see, identical memory sticks, probably both from different suppliers, but besides that quite the same.... - are there different brands of memory of different quality and might that be a possible cause of the problems? And if so - what are good memory brands and what are the bad ones? - I mixed different types of SDRAM... Could be it.... My mainboard manual is not really clear about this.... And I have no clue what brand of memory I bought... they are all 133 MHz SDRAM sticks, some 64 MB, some 128 MB.... MB manual says it can handle all 64/128 MB sticks... - <your solution here :-)>
Anyway, thanks for any advice until now and thanks for listening again, hope to hear more solutions.
-- Ronald Bultje
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