Re: Can't install -- locks up

["Andrew Robinson" <andrew.rw.robinson@gmail.com>]

I took one of my RAM chips out and moved the one from DIMM2 to DIMM3,
so that I have DIMM1 & DIMM2 only filled now. The board supports dual
channel memory, and I wonder if somehow it didn't like me putting
different sizes in the same channel.

I just tried a kernel recompile (while still in X this time) and I had
no issues (first time it got through a full compile with no hang). So
it was either the chip or the configuration of using that chip with
the others. The one I took out was an older pc2700 256mb chip.

Thought I would post the result in case it helps anyone else.


On 8/18/06, Andrew Robinson <andrew.rw.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a note, that when the kernel build hangs, it seems to always
> happen at the same place. Seems very odd. Last 2 lines:
>
> SHIPPED drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_reg.h
> CC [M]  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_core.o
>
> 3 times it hung at the same line
>
> -Andrew
>
> On 8/18/06, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:02:10PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 09:58:36PM -0600, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> > > > memtest86 test passed
> > >
> > > You can't have run it for long. It needs hours to be thorough
> > > (ie several passes).
> >
> > And even then many people have memtest86 pass and then after more
> > prodding and trying half the memory at a time in their system, they
> > discover that the problem only occours when one specific memory stick is
> > installed.
> >
> > memtest86 catches some errors, but far from all errors.  A good kernel
> > compile or something else memory/cpu/disk intensive is usually the best
> > way to see if a system is actually stable or not.
> >
> > --
> > Len Sorensen
> >
> >
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