Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro

["Brien" <admin@brien.com>]

Hi again,

(Thanks for replying, John.)

I ran Memtest86, and there're 290 errors that showed up from test 7. But the
thing that I don't understand is, if I use either of the RAM modules alone,
Linux loads and runs perfectly for as long as I've tried; Could it possibly
be a problem with something besides the RAM (e.g. motherboard, CPU)? And I
still don't know if my RAM setup is even supported by Linux -- I'm guessing
that it is though (?).

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bradford" <john@grabjohn.com>
To: "Brien" <admin@brien.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro


> > I have a Gigabyte SINXP1394 motherboard, and 2 Kingston 512 MB DDR 400
(CL
> > 2.5) RAM modules installed. Whenever I try to install any Linux
> > distribution, I always get a black screen after the kernel loads
>
> Can you run Memtest86 on it for an hour or two, and confirm that there
> is nothing wrong with the memory?  Sometimes really obscure faults
> happen to get triggered with Linux, even if the machine appears to
> work with other operating systems.
>
> (By the way, good choice getting a Gigabyte board, I always use them,
> and never have problems with them).
>
> John.
>
>