Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 03:24:21 +0100 (WEST) From: Jose Gabriel Marcelino <gabriel@maquina.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Anthony Rubin <arubin@concentric.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asus K7V with Crucial PC133 ECC RAM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007120315200.24439-100000@devils.maquina.com> In-Reply-To: <200007120100.SAA00561@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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> > Perhaps I am being a bit paranoid but I'd rather exchange parts now if I > > have to. I ran a cvsup and make world without any problems. I also ran the > > dnetc client for a day without problems. While this probably proves > > nothing, the system does seem to be running great. > > Memory doesn't just sort of dribble away when it's faulty. 8) > Strange as it may seem (it totally freaked me out) I saw this happening on a Asus K7M motherboard. These boards where very picky with RAM, I had them running with no-name 128Mb DIMM and altough the BIOS and Windows both said I had 128MB, Linux (I didn't get to install FreeBSD at the time) alternated in values around 64-72Mb of available memory. The system was very slow (it only really had those 64Mb working in Linux) and crashed *A LOT*. Once replaced with 128Mb CAS2 DIMMS from Crucial, Linux always detected the 128Mb just fine and run without more trouble (apart from the usual Linux ones, that is :) I'll send a gift to the first one who explains why did the system behave that way. I've never bought no-name since then and I'm always more than happy to spend more but get much more quality from Crucial. Regards, Gabriel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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