I'll check all these things, thank you. How do I know if the RAM is overheating in the case, though? Is there a way of recognizing that? The Kingston web site mentioned it too, but not how to identify when overheating is happening. Bob James McArthur wrote: >Hi, > >Its a bit of a long-shot, but are all the cards in your PC seated >properly? Is the CPU sitting in its socket okay? > >Are the ram slots clean and not showing signs of corrosion? >Can you see if the RAM is overheating inside the case? > >James > >On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 11:42, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > >>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 >> >> > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
