Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:06:45 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel related question ... Message-ID: <ef10de9a050823120664edf141@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050823004058.B1093@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20050823004058.B1093@ganymede.hub.org>
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On 8/22/05, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: >=20 > Sorry for asking here, but y'all are the only "useful techies" I know :) >=20 > Am trying to put together my next new FreeBSD server ... Intel based, on > an SE7520JR2 DDR2 motherboard ... problem is simple ... >=20 > I have 4x1G Kingston DIMMs to put in (KVR400D2R3K2/2G) ... if I put two i= n > Bank 1, I can boot ... if I put the other two in Bank 1, I can boot ... > if I put 4 in (2 in Bank1, 2 in Bank2), I get three long beeps ... >=20 > Is ther something obvious I'm overlooking here? It doesn't seem like the > RAM, since all 4 sticks do work, so its only leaving me the motherboard > itself ... but wanted to double check ... >=20 That part number is not listed on the kingston page for the SE7520JR2 (DDR2) board: http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=3D20251&m= fr=3DIntel&model=3DSE7520JR2+%28DDR2%29+Server&Sys=3D20251-Intel-SE7520JR2+= %28DDR2%29+Server&distributor=3D0&submit1=3DSearch Tested RAM and Genral RAM Guilde for the SE7520JR2: ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7520jr2/sb/se7520jr2= _memlist_rev26.pdf Technical Product Specifications for the SE7520JR2: ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7520jr2/sb/se7520jr2= tpsrev1.pdf 3 Beeps =3D "Base memory read / write test error" -Page 165 from the manual= above Also check the BIOS event log for POST error messages, Page 162
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