Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:47:53 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with AMD64 and 8 GB RAM? Message-ID: <20050330231753.GA84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050330225715.GA4816@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20050330222439.GU84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050330223546.GA4705@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050330224445.GW84137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050330225715.GA4816@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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--QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at 14:57:15 -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 08:14:45AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at 14:35:46 -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 07:54:39AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>>> None of these problems occur when I use 4 GB memory. About the only >>>> strangeness, which seems to come from the BIOS, is that it recognizes >>>> only 3.5 GB. If I put all DIMMS in, it recognizes the full 8 GB >>>> memory. >>>> >>>> I realize that this isn't enough to diagnose the problem. The reason >>>> for this message now is to ask: >>>> >>>> 3. Where should I look next? >>> >>> Have you run sysutils/memtest86 with the 8 GB? >> >> Heh. Difficult when the system doesn't run. > > That's what happens when 1 of 8 (1 of 4?) DIMM is bad :-) I've booted with the other 2 DIMMs now (I have 4 2 GB DIMMs, all the MB will hold). No problems. See my last reply to Scott: I'm wondering if the system is ignoring the PCI hole. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCSzOhIubykFB6QiMRAlTsAKCuYHL3smT4m6l1gjoxxJ0YDJLZFgCcCRFd QrXTuMRenj//tyfBI6ivGKU= =WpQ9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QxSStYAgvEtE+iQJ--
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