Run memtest86 on it for a few hours - if any errors show up ask the vendor you bought the RAM from to exchange it.
Norm Higgs http://forbiddenpc.com https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wade Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Installing Linxu Problem.... Not sure why? > Is there a way for the store to test this out for when I purchase I know it works? > > How about if I take out the memory, install Linux, then put memory back. Think that will work? > > Thanks > > Wade > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Kailassingh Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, October 2, 2006 9:52:38 PM > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Installing Linxu Problem.... Not sure why? > > yes Mr Wade, some memories work in Windows but not in Linux due to some > errors in memory only > > On 10/2/06, wadejadams <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > > > --- In LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com <LINUX_Newbies% 40yahoogroups. com>, > > Robert C Wittig > > <wittig.robert@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > wadejadams wrote: > > > > > > > So I installed more memory so I could run the gui install and > > then > > > > when I ran it, it would get stuck on the Formatting section. > > > > > > > > So I thought maybe somehting is wrong with the disk. So I did > > the > > > > read test, andit failed. > > > > > > You installed more memory, and then when a problem suddenly > > appeared, > > > you thought it might be a problem with the disk? > > > > > > Try removing the memory stick you installed, just prior to the > > problem > > > occurring. > > > > > > Just because RAM will post, does not mean it is error-free. It > > might be > > > having read-write problems. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -wittig http://www.robertwi ttig.com/ > > > . http://robertwittig .net/ > > > > > > > Yes, that is true. I should try that. Thanks. But I have been > > able to load other things with this memory it is just the linux that > > i have issues with. But I can try that. > > > > Thank you > > > > Wade > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
