I tried the memtest86 suite from http://www.memtest86.com/ and my Kingston RIMM4200 memory failed it. This would seem to explain the X and kernel compile segfaults I have been getting with 8.0. This is PC1066 memory running on a 533 Mhz frontside bus. The motherboard is the Asus P4T533. Since Asus indicates that only 2 brands of memory are acceptable for my motherboard (Samsung and Elpida), I ordered a 256 Mb stick of Samsung memory which arrived today. I plugged that into the motherboard along with a CRIMM in the other slot. The machine failed memtest86 again. I also changed the memory frequency setting in BIOS based on advice I had previously seen on the Kingston web site for RIMM4200. When I used the 'x4' frequency setting, the memory flunked memtest86 starting in the middle of test #4. When I used 'AUTO' for the memory frequency, it failed memtest86 starting in test #1. The options are either 'AUTO', 'x3', or 'x4'. I'm presently using the 'AUTO' setting. Maybe I should go back to 'x4'? That leaves me wondering if I messed up some other part of the hardware such as the motherboard. What other things can cause apparently 'bad memory' or the symptoms of segfaults, X server crashes, and segfaults during kernel compiles? Is there some part of the hardware that I'm overlooking and could have zapped without realizing it? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
