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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> Please don't bother this list with more of your complaining until you grow up |
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> and learn how to use computers properly. |
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I built my first machine nearly a quarter century ago. =| |
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That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: |
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Findings: |
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1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen before. |
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2. There was a smudge on one of the dimm's contacts and some of the |
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usual dust on the CPU-facing one. |
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3. The motherboard was not developed by sane engineers. In a sane world, |
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there are two types of variables: measured variables and controlled |
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variables. |
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The RAM voltage would appear to be a controlled variable but it is also |
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a measured variable. In order to achieve a close approximation of 1.5v, |
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I had to set it to 1.530 volts. WTF... |
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4. an AMD K10 processor cannot successfully drive 8-ranks of high |
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density ram at 2x800 mhz -- BUT IT WILL TRY!!! I found all dimms to be |
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good either individually or in pairs, but the entire ram compliment of |
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four dims cannot be run at full speed at once with the CPU/motherboard I |
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have installed. |
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5. I found a set of settings that went through memtest fine but caused |
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linux to segfault and die. I backed off the FSB a few notches while |
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adjusting the multipliers to stay within the specified frequency for the |
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processor and it seems to be OK now. |
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IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. |
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