Re: Gigabyte K8NSNXP motherboard report

[Andrei Mikhailovsky <andrei@arhont.com>]

Hi

I've used to have similar issues when i've had different memory chips 
(even thought they've been made by the same company). Once i've replaced 
the memory to the once that were specifically designed to work in the 
Dual Channel mode. take a look at this link (it works great on my mb)

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=5608&GroupID=57

Additionally, you can tweak the memory settings from the bios (use 
Alt+F1) to unlock the hidden menu in the bios.

Hope this helps

Karl Hoppel wrote:
> FYI,
>
> I currently have debian-pure-amd64 running successfully on a Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939
> motherboard.  However, there is one caveat.  The memory had to be configured as
> single-channel instead of dual-channel.  I am no hardware export, but there is a 
> lot of chatter on other forums about problems with the memory access on this 
> Gigabyte board and others using the new AMD 939 pin chip with the integrated
> memory controller.  When configured with dual-channel memory, 
> I experienced random segmentation faults, about every half hour, using both 
> the 64 and 32 bit debian installation.  Maybe with some bios  upgrades or 
> future releases of this mother board, it will become stable using the 
> faster dual-channel memory as it was designed for.
>
> Cheers,
> Karl
>
>
>
>
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