Re: Ram problem (i think) win/linux
AJ wrote:
>
> ok i just got a 128meg PC100 8ns SDRAM for xmas.. theres some problems
> though.. lets start off.. the RAM is good and the place i got it is
> legit.
>
> i have an abit-bx6 motherboard and a p2 400.
> heres my problems:
> after i installed it i pico /etc/lilo.conf added the line: append="192m"
You did put 192 rather than 196. I presume your bios was saying 196000 kb,
in which case you have got to divide by 1024. If it said 196Mb then get a
new motherboard.
> even though the ram test showed something like 196megs.. so i added that
> rebooted (now i always have problems with my video card i gotta readjust
> the wires every time i turn OFF the computer . not reboot) but this time
> when i typed: startx everything went nuts and the screen got all weird..
> then when i typed: shutdown -r 0.1 i got a segmentation fault..
> IS IT THE RAM OR THE COMPUTER OR ME?.. now lets switch to windows95
> shall we.. i go in and try to encode and mp3 cause i thought that would
> be a pretty good stress test.. well during encoding the screen went
> black then i got an error: error vfat.. about 20 other boxes popped up
> and 1 even said to reinstall windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. (shows
> you what microsoft cares about).. anyway i reboot into windows i can get
> in but same problems.. now i uninstall the ram and everything is happy
> happy joy joy.. is it possible i installed the ram backwards?? or is
> there anything else thats mest up? was 1 connector not touching.. i have
You cannot install it backwards, and it usually doesn't work at all if there is
a problem.
> 2x 32meg non pc100 and now this pc100 the reviews say it should work
> fine..
I'm no expert, but I think mixing 66mhz dimms and 100mhz dimms is asking for
trouble, as the motherboard will be running them at different speeds.
> plz anyone help!!
>
> AJ
>
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