Hi again :) On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ! :) > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 05:11, Graeme Russ <[email protected]> wrote: >> For anyone still following this thread, I just had another thought as to >> what may be the problem (although I have not tried it yet) - SDRAM timing. > > that CAS (latency) timing, right?
Yes (plus a few others - there are a lot of timings for DDR3 SDRAM) >> I am using Strontium DIMMs (hynix chips) which typically have 'lower' >> spec'd timings. Now the BIOS should pick up the correct timings by reading >> the DIMM's SPD data so the chance the timings are 'wrong' is probably >> pretty low, but I'll check. I may even wind the timing down _lower_ than >> the SDRAM is spec'd at (can't hurt) > > you need something that shall hammer memory.... repetitive kernel > compilation with "make allyesconfig" perhaps? in bash: while true do make clean; make done :) >> I'll be a bit peeved if that turns out to be it now that I've forked out >> another $100 odd for a new MB :( > > like old saying "no pain no gain"? :) But really, you get my > salute.... who knows it will end up with excellent suggestion toward > memory subsystem in Linux virtual memory? Well it still failed (thankfully) and my new Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 just arrived so I can test it out over the weekend :) Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
