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I had some problems too. The solution is to use only one and the same type |
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of ram. I don't recommend to use different ram chips from different |
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manufacturer. |
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:03:19 +0200, Dieter Ries <Clip2@×××.de> wrote: |
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> hi, |
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> when i upgraded from 512MB to 1024MB, system got unstable, too. in my |
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> case the memory-chips didnt macht for dual channel mode. memtest didn't |
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> find any errors, but system crashed every 5 minutes. then i disabled |
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> dual channel and it worked, perhaps try that. |
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> cu |
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> Dieter |
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>> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- |
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>> Datum: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:04:59 +0100 |
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>> Von: Richard Lucking <lists@×××××××.org> |
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>> An: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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>> Betreff: [gentoo-amd64] Problems after upgrading to 4GB Ram |
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>> I'm mananged to solve most Gentoo problems myself in the past - but this |
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>> is |
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>> really confusing me, so I'd appreciate any suggestions. |
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>> I've got a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 motherboard, which had 2GB of memory, |
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>> and |
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>> worked perfectly. I upgraded to 4GB, and have spent the last 24 hours |
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>> trying |
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>> to get everything to work again! |
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>> memtest86plus was running overnight, with no errors, so I assume the |
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>> memory |
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>> is fine. |
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>> The system is very unstable now, and will lock up at random intervals - |
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>> during booting, starting firefox, random points compiling kernels, etc |
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>> etc |
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>> etc. |
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>> I removed some memory, so I could compile a kernel with MMU options |
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>> that I |
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>> thought might help, but to no avail. |
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>> Additionally, if I go into the BIOS and enable: |
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>> Advance Chipset Features -> MEM Remap (4G RAM Support) |
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>> The following appears at the end of dmesg: |
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>> skge eth0: enabling interface |
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>> skge 0000:02:0b.0: PCI error cmd=0x7 status=0x22b0 |
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>> skge unable to clear error (so ignoring them) |
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>> skge eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control tx and rx |
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>> and there is no networking - although ifconfig reports the "correct" |
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>> details. With it disabled, networking works. |
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>> Any suggestions/pointers would be appreciated, as I feel like I've tried |
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>> everything! |
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>> Cheers |
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>> Richard |
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