On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 16:54, Tom Brinkman wrote: <snip> > Barefoot on a tile floor is my method ;) If your not familiar > with bios ram timing options, set the ram to auto or bios defaults. > Cas 3, precharge 3, banking disabled are the safest (but slowest) > settings. > > > Memtest gave me errors in the five figure area. I > > shutdown and tested each stick individually. One stick is fine > > and the other gave two errors in test 5. Why would I get 5 figure > > errors when both sticks are installed and only two when the "bad" > > stick in installed. If you want the particulars of the output, > > I'll post them it you like. > > OK, I've been havin hardware problems myself (due to > overclocking too far.
I was overclocking then I reset them the heat was too much. So I moved the box down a floor in my house and place it in a small room. Much cooler here year round. > IOW's user error, ME). I narrowed it down to > either my ram or the cpu has become weak. Figuring it would be > better to try ram first, Crucial delivered a new stick of pc3200 > this afternoon to replace my existing Kingston (both 512 MB > sticks). What setting should I use for PC2700? The manual states 100mhz for PC1600 and 133mhz for PC2100. I know I can run that higher, is trial and error the way to go here? I can only do this after verifying my ram. > I figured if ram wasn't the problem, then at least I'd > have twice as much ram ;) Same thinking here! > > But, I took some precautions. First I d/l'd a 1 GB ram capable > kernel (2.4.22-18mdk-i686-up-4GB) an installed it. I'll check on my Mdk cds. Would I be able to urpmi it? > You'll need to > do the same, or add mem=860M to your lilo append line for the > kernel you're usin. The 'regular' kernel can't address 1024MB of > ram. Next I underclocked my XP 3000+ cpu to less than a 2200+ to > try an mitigate it as a factor when I installed the new ram and > tested with memtest86. First with just the new stick. > > It took 3 tries to get the new ram properly seated and the system > to even boot. I also had to swap slots in order to find a combo > that worked. I first put them in slots and 2 and 3. Then behold I read the manual! and put them in the right slots together and the errors appeared again in #5 but in a lower memory range; within the range of the "good" stick. > By now I've determined that it's my cpu that's > fragile, not the ram. So I'm usin both sticks now. Memtest86 checks > both sticks together with no errors (an an underclocked cpu). > > BUT, a word about memtest86. There is no such thing as a software > ram tester. While memtest86 is runnin, your whole system is being > used, particularly cpu/cache/ram and motherboard. In memtest86's > configuration tho (press the <c> key while it's runnin), you can > turn cpu cache off. Press c, then 1, then 2, then 0. It could be > the cache areas of your cpu generating the errors. > > So, install both sticks of ram and the kernel I did (or any > 'enterprise' kernel) or add mem=860M to lilo. Don't forget to > run 'lilo' to make the change effective. Then get > ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/mprime2212.tar.gz and unpack it. > cd to the directory you unpacked to and run > ./mprime -m I already have it. I'll get the kernel setup and give it a try. > > oh btw I didn't notice a selection that would allow me to save > > output to disk. Is there one? > > Read the docs, look at all the options when you press <c>. > I believe the error output would be shown in the bottom half of > memtest86's screen, and there is an option to also write to file. > But since I've never had any errors, I can't verify that. I'll look again. Terry -- Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake 9.1 - 2.4.21-0.13mdk | Gnome 2.0 | Evolution 1.4.4 | Opera 7.11 Soyo Dragon Plus K7VXA-ZBA2 1024MB < in testing AMD Athlon(tm) 1250mhz | nVidia Riva TNT Model 64 | Plextor CD-R PX-W1210A Maxtor 6Y080P0 80GB | Media Electronices CM8738 5 Channel Sound VT6102 Rhine II 10/100 Ethernet | Monitor Sony CPD-A200 ------------------------------Just a Newbieo-----------------------------
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