Re: memtest86 - hardware problem?
---------- I forgot to answer the forum, sorry!!! ----------
I am a newby to Linux and have been lurking and learning, but I think
I can contribute to this one. Get a new power supply. I had that
problem after I upgraded from a P II 450 to AMD 1700+ with 512M, etc.
It would start up then reboot, hang, etc. Power supply, If you want
minimum - 300W safety - 350, bullet proof - 400W. BS?????????????
(My handle is BS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill Snodgrass, for real!!!!)
Luis Finotti wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have been having problems with my computer (AMD
> Athlon 1.2 GHz).
>
> I had a motherboard burn out on me and replaced with a
> Gigabyte
>
> http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7VT600-L.htm
>
> and upgrade my memory do 512 Mb. It worked fine for
> some time, but then Mozilla started to crash. It
> would open and crash right after. The Gnome desktop
> also froze sometimes and in other times would not
> start. (It would go right back to the XDM log in
> window.) I also had a few "kernel oops"s.
>
> For what is worth, the Windows partition is also not
> working well: it reboots all the time.
>
> I ran memtest86 a couple of times. I first used my
> old 256 Mb memory and got error in tests 4 (917 errors in
> one run), 5 (7,959 errors in one run) and 6 (200
> errors in one run.) After 4 hours and 20 minutes
> running, I had a total of 199,602 errors. (This
> memory worked fine with my old motherboard, but gave
> me the same problems now.)
>
> Then, I put back the new 512 Mb memory and had errors
> in tests 4 (84 errors) and 5 (4793 errors) only (in
> the first run). It's still running (a complete test
> now), but I was wondering if one can draw any
> conclusions.
>
> Of course, my money is in the motherboard (which was
> updated with the most recent BIOS, BTW), but the store
> that sold it to me doesn't want to replace until they
> are sure that the motherboard is indeed the problem.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and my best to all,
>
> Luis
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