From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 6 5:25:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9BA637B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 05:25:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from dove.penix.org (dove.penix.org [216.144.7.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44CB043EB2 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 05:25:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Received: from dove.penix.org (dp@localhost.nls.net [127.0.0.1]) by dove.penix.org (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB6DOwmf066639; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:24:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Received: from localhost (dp@localhost) by dove.penix.org (8.12.6/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id gB6DOvpD066636; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:24:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dp@dove.penix.org) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:24:57 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Halliday To: Jan Lentfer Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Problems In-Reply-To: <3DF0A1DC.21D99203@web.de> Message-ID: <20021206082339.S66630-100000@dove.penix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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