Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:24:57 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Halliday <dp@dove.penix.org> To: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Problems Message-ID: <20021206082339.S66630-100000@dove.penix.org> In-Reply-To: <3DF0A1DC.21D99203@web.de>
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jan Lentfer wrote: > Hi all, > > I bought two 256MB chips for my PWS 500. When I plug them in with no > other memory chips on board, the kernel boots and goes through the > booting till "Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle". Then > suddenly it jumps back to SRM and reports: does the PWS 500 have diagnostic leds? These will quickly report which banks are failing. Have you tried memtest from the console? > > halted CPU0 > halt code = 5 > HAL instruction executed > PC = fffffc0000668448 > boot failure > > > If I put in the new chips with some of my older *known to work* chips > the booting just hangs at "Waiting 15 seconds..." forever. > > Now I don't know if the chips are bad (got them from ebay) or they just > don't work in my system. The chips are from Kingston: > KVR100X72C2L/256 256MB Low Profile PC100 ECC DIMM CL2 > > Any ideas? > > TIA, > > Jan > > > -- > Jan Lentfer > System Administrator > Molecular Cell Biology / AG Holstein, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany > Tel: +49 6151 16 5563 / Tel private: +49 6155 899393 / mobile: +49 163 4712037 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > Paul Halliday. http://dp.penix.org ------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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