Date: 22 Sep 2003 14:50:16 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: faulty memory (was Re: Gcc 3.2.2 vs gcc 3.2.3) Message-ID: <44brtc4pzr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030922182130.GA663@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200309221425.h8MEPWY68417@alogis.com> <20030922171115.GB45499@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030922182130.GA663@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> writes: > I just had this problem, P4 on Gigabyte mainboard, DDR400 memory, 2 DIMMs > of 512 MB each. With a single DIMM (both DIMMs tested) memtest didn't > find anything and the machine was rock stable, but in any combo of the > 2 DIMMs, dual channel or not, the machine would lock up / throw > gcc ICE everytime. > > When I ran memtest on the machine with both DIMMs in, it would consistently > show errors in one 512 half though, and so I returned the one 'faulty' DIMM > and all was well. > > Talk about strange... Not that strange. The second socket was having problems. Maybe just couldn't handle the capacitance load it was getting (which could be different with other modules; other sized modules, anyway).
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