From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 9 04:26:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A8016A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 04:26:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vscan41.melbpc.org.au (eagle.melbpc.org.au [203.12.152.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C8743D41 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 04:26:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gabpaul@numbat.melbpc.org.au) Received: from virusscan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 53A76A0C0 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:26:50 +1000 (EST) Received: from vscan41.melbpc.org.au ([127.0.0.1]) by eagle.melbpc.org.au ([203.12.152.41]) with SMTP (gateway) id A015184A5C3; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 14:26:50 +1000 Received: by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 0EACCA2E2; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:26:50 +1000 (EST) Received: from a2-46.melbpc.org.au (a2-46.melbpc.org.au [203.12.157.46]) by vscan41.melbpc.org.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722FB9FF5; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:26:46 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 14:26:43 +1000 To: "Kevin Kinsey" References: <20050406113401.GA33178@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050406122721.GA33679@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <4253F42F.5010105@daleco.biz> <425737B3.4090709@daleco.biz> From: "Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <425737B3.4090709@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Win32, build 3778) X-Filtered-With: renattach 1.2.1 X-RenAttach-Info: mode=badlist action=rename count=0 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difficulty installing 5.3-R i386 - how to check RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gabpaul@melbpc.org.au List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:26:54 -0000 On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:02:27 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen wrote: > >> OK, thanks for the info... now for the solution... >> >> I have more than 16 MB of ram available but it does nto seem to >> play well together or there is a problem with some of the chips. >> >> How do I trouble shoot my RAM chips? for instance, if I swap the >> 2 SIMMs I have in there atm it does not want to do the POST. is >> POST success sufficient to conclude that the chips are OK? is there a >> BSD utility to check or diagnose RAM condition or errors? >> >> (ahhh the joys of old hardware...) >> > > *g*, Yeah. I've got piles of it. Some of them are > my primary DNS/web machines, :-p > > As to the question -- Hmm, what should I say? yeah... which turned out to be my saviour... I dug out an old pile of MBs... which still had there mem chips intact, now have 98 MB in the machine, loading happily as I typo... > (1st, a parenthetical observation --- the FBSD list doesn't like > "top posting" much, and you forgot to cc: the list: many people > request that you keep all this discussion _on_ the list for a couple > of reasons. However, you're probably new to all this; consider > forgiveness extended, but try to play nicer next time? Nothing > personal, you understand ... just a "heads up" for the future....) No problems, thanks for the headsup... Not intentional, just used to lists that do auto-reply-to as default... :-) but I guess this is flame war material here... personally I have found top posting more useable as I tend to scan the email top first to see if I want to read... I can see the point though, in-line or bottom post presumably being prefered for some reason ;-) guess it's a style thing, one that I'm not fussed by, so I'll tow the line... > > The standard answer for "RAM issues" is to download the > program "memtest86", which is available for most any > computing platform. (e.g., it's OS independent once > you create the floppy disk). Running this program will create > a bootable floppy disk that you stick in the box, boot > into, and it runs tests all day long until you shut it down. > > I believe you want http://www.memtest.org > > IIRC, you may be able to get a log/report from it, so > you don't have to sit there through $n iterations of > the test and watch the screen for errors, but YMMV. > > As for mixing chips, it's been a long, long time, and I > was more like a "hobbyist" then (maybe still am), but > I do seem to remember it was a "no no" to mix EDO > and FP chips, or some such, blah blah.... > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey ta! that looks just what I want... Knowing the hardware is fine goes a long way to solving bugs ;-) -- ########## Paul van den Bergen, #### # Gabrielle Harrison # # # & Anja van den Bergen # #### # 848 High Street Rd #### # # Glen Waverley VIC 3150 Australia # ###### gabpaul@melbpc.org.au # # ph: +613 9886 3160 ##### mob: 042 886 3160