Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:02:31 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Doesn't XFree86 Upgrade Properly Message-ID: <3891D9B7.CEFB616A@nwlink.com> References: <3.0.32.20000128074338.00740384@idx.com.au> <3890AF42.21F5F672@nwlink.com> <20000128100929.H3290@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> <3890FF00.53D88D7C@confusion.net> <3891315C.9BD4FB66@nwlink.com> <20000128151927.A2569@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>
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"Karel J. Bosschaart" wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 10:04:12PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > Laurence Berland wrote: > > > > > > Logical and oft-quoted extension: If you think you've got a hardware > > > problem, try building something big. Too many people report panics on > > > make buildworlds only to find it's the first sign of the death of their > > > RAM. > > > > The funny thing is, I've never had a panic on a make world, only big > > ports. And my ram is virtually brand new, could it die within 6 months > > of buying it? > > > Do you have one DIMM or two? I had spontaneous rebooting problems as well > as failing buildworlds when I had two DIMM's combined with different > CAS latency timings (8 ns and 7 ns). The system worked fine with only > one of them. Needless to say that mixing up is a bad thing, however shops > sometimes hardly know what they're selling... I have one DIMM, 128MB. I really don't think it's a ram problem. I think it's my cpu overheating. I'm going to try modifying the cooling system or changing my cpu voltage settings. -- R Joseph Wright *I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues --Duke Ellington* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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