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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Helmut Jarausch |
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<jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> On 12 Feb, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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>> Hi, Gentoo, |
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>> |
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>> My new Gentoo box has become unusably unstable. |
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>> |
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> Just one more reason. |
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> Have you got more than 4 Gb RAM installed? |
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> |
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> If yes, you might have to reduce memory speed. |
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> Some CPUs (among them AMD Phenom) have difficulties |
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> at the specified RAM speed if more than 1 memory bank is |
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> installed. |
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> I have been burnt by that several times. |
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> Helmut. |
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I had exactly the situation you described. 4 GB of RAM worked great at |
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800MHz but when I increased to 8 GB I had to lower speed to something |
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like 533 MHz otherwise system was very unstable. In my case Intel Core |
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2 Duo E6600. I contacted the RAM manufacturer and this was their |
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recommendation as well. |
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