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From: Richard Lucking <lists@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:46:32
Message-Id: 01f501c68ce6$91c80790$d800a8c0@qaf.cxm
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram by Dieter Ries
1 > when i upgraded from 512MB to 1024MB, system got unstable, too. in my case
2 > the memory-chips didnt macht for dual channel mode. memtest didn't find
3 > any errors, but system crashed every 5 minutes. then i disabled dual
4 > channel and it worked, perhaps try that.
5 >
6
7 Thanks for the suggestion. They are 4 matching 1GB sticks from Crucial. It's
8 worked perfectly today with any 2 of them - just not when I fit all 4.
9
10 It didn't work *at all* when I first put in 4GB, I had to recompile the
11 kernel with IOMMU options - now it works, just not under "load".
12
13 Cheers
14 Richard
15
16 >> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
17 >> Datum: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:04:59 +0100
18 >> Von: Richard Lucking <lists@×××××××.org>
19 >> An: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
20 >> Betreff: [gentoo-amd64] Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram
21 >>
22 >> I'm mananged to solve most Gentoo problems myself in the past - but this
23 >> is
24 >> really confusing me, so I'd appreciate any suggestions.
25 >>
26 >> I've got a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 motherboard, which had 2GB of memory,
27 >> and
28 >> worked perfectly. I upgraded to 4GB, and have spent the last 24 hours
29 >> trying
30 >> to get everything to work again!
31 >>
32 >> memtest86plus was running overnight, with no errors, so I assume the
33 >> memory
34 >> is fine.
35 >>
36 >> The system is very unstable now, and will lock up at random intervals -
37 >> during booting, starting firefox, random points compiling kernels, etc
38 >> etc
39 >> etc.
40 >>
41 >> I removed some memory, so I could compile a kernel with MMU options that
42 >> I
43 >> thought might help, but to no avail.
44 >>
45 >> Additionally, if I go into the BIOS and enable:
46 >> Advance Chipset Features -> MEM Remap (4G RAM Support)
47 >> The following appears at the end of dmesg:
48 >>
49 >> skge eth0: enabling interface
50 >> skge 0000:02:0b.0: PCI error cmd=0x7 status=0x22b0
51 >> skge unable to clear error (so ignoring them)
52 >> skge eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control tx and rx
53 >>
54 >> and there is no networking - although ifconfig reports the "correct"
55 >> details. With it disabled, networking works.
56 >>
57 >> Any suggestions/pointers would be appreciated, as I feel like I've tried
58 >> everything!
59 >>
60 >> Cheers
61 >> Richard
62 >>
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Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-amd64] Re: Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram Jani Averbach <jaa@×××××××.fi>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>