Re: Problems booting AMD64 Dual Core
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:23:24PM +0900, David wrote:
> I.E.Broadbent wrote:
> >AN UPDATE:
> >
> >Especially to Thierry, Dave, Doug, ... some further news.... I have
> >just had a note from the chap that supplies my bits'n'bobs
> >(BTW ...anybody know of a reliable UK wholesaler of medium quantities
> >for DRAM/Processors/hardware/etc?) ... he has spotted (must get myself
> >a new pair of specs or even learn to read... I looked on gigabytes site
> >but I misseed this) that Patriot modules (which is what we have used for
> >this) are not listed as being tested/approved by gigabyte. It could be
> >that they are drawing too much current and that would explain the
> >stuttering, and also why when Thierry upped the power it worked. (You
> >might not have used Patriot chips Thierry...but it could be that they
> >too were out of recommended bounds for power needs.)
> >
> >I'm going to get the Patriot units swapped for 4 'listed' modules and
> >see what happens then.... will update the list with the results... but
> >if this is the root then others may want to take note that the Gigabyte
> >board/set-up seems to be power-critical (sensitive) if all slots are
> >populated.
> >
> Sounds like you're onto something.
>
> And sorry for stating what might appear to be the obvious, but make sure
> your modules are matched pairs also.
Note that I run an Athlon64 3800+ with one 1 GB stick. Runs just fine.
4GB is not a "minimum size" and with one stick no DDR either. Get the
fastest ram supported by the board (mine uses 800) and go with a good
brand. Athlon/Opterons are very picky on ram. They expect that ram
will meet the specs they say they do. If it doesn't, things will be
unreliable.
Doug.
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