Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:51:26 -0500 From: Billy Tallis <wtallis@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAM check - Followup question Message-ID: <6dd99a3f0601270851p249eb9d6lf3f6db991aeb9366@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43DA475A.5050606@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> References: <43D8EF99.6020309@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> <cce506b0601260805y134d57c1h46a16ec98ddb7915@mail.gmail.com> <43D96B68.5080907@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> <43DA475A.5050606@rics.bwh.harvard.edu>
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It might be as simple as the bios settings. Which memtest tests gave errors= ? Assuming that you have not upgraded the ram or anything like that, it is probably the chipset. What type of chipset do you have? On 1/27/06, Philip Juels <pjuels@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> wrote: > Curious...the system is a Dell Optiplex GX270...RAM system is PC3200 > 2x512MB DIMMs in a the dual-channel arrangment. If I run memtest > against this setup, I get numerous errors. However, if run memtest with > only one DIMM installed (either one), I get no reported errors. Would > this still be an issue with the DIMMs or something wrong with the mobo? > > PJ > > PS...pardon me for asking a hardware question on a FreeBSD list :-) > > Philip Juels wrote: > > > Thanks...I downloaded the iso and memtest confirmed that the system > > has memory problems. > > > > PJ > > > > Noel Jones wrote: > > > >> On 1/26/06, Philip Juels <pjuels@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I'm running into random seg faults during KDE and Gnome compilation, > >>> and > >>> I and others on the list suspect faulty RAM. Are there any utils out > >>> there that can test/diagnose RAM (aside from the laughable BIOS POST)= . > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> http://www.memtest86.com/ > >> http://www.memtest.org/ > >> > >> -- > >> Noel Jones > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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