Re: memtest86 - hardware problem?
hi ya luis
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Luis Finotti wrote:
> > get tier-1 motherboards .. :-) vs others
> > intel(ooops), asus, tyan
>
> I thought Gigabyte was tier-1... Which ones do you
> recommend?
see the line above your comment and add supermicro to
the list of mb i consider tier-1 ( leading edge,
best reliability, best performance, etc, etc
and no whacky random failures )
> > who makes the chips on the memory sticks
> > who makes the pcb for the memory
> > ( mushkin, corsair, kingston, viking ?
> > - none of the others exists on the radar screen
> > if you want "reliable"
>
> The new one is a Kingston 512Mb 333MHz DDR PC2700.
sounds like you have a bad mb if itty-bitty memtest says
that the kingston has memory problems ...
and that's assuming the FSB and cpu selections on
the mb jumpers is set properly, including cas timings
> Hmm... I took a quick look at it and I didn't find the
> "fsb jumpers", but I will look more carefully. In any
better find it ... or the part that says its autodetecting
> case, the board is supposed to support DDR400+ memory,
> so I assumed it would be fine.
no .. not necessarily ...
> Bill, my power supply is 300 watts... I will check on
> that. Thanks. But, would that cause the errors with
> memtes86?
bill has a good point that the el-cheapo generic power supply
is not able to provide the bust current that is needed
by the system when addressing memory
use a better power supply .. instead of the one that comes
with the pc case
- zippy(emacs), sparkle, etc ..
- most of them add their sticky label on top of those
OEM power supply manufacturers
- you know its just a sticky label when you look
inside with the cover off and its identical
c ya
alvin
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