From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264498AbTDPP3q (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:29:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264499AbTDPP3q (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:29:46 -0400 Received: from h007.c000.snv.cp.net ([209.228.32.71]:28606 "HELO c000.snv.cp.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264498AbTDPP3o (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:29:44 -0400 X-Sent: 16 Apr 2003 15:41:37 GMT Message-ID: <003801c3042e$a6bcbea0$6901a8c0@athialsinp4oc1> From: "Brien" To: "John Bradford" Cc: References: <200304161511.h3GFBoe7000614@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Subject: Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:41:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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" To: "Brien" 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. > >