On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 11:40:06PM -0500, Robert L. Cochran wrote:
>
> I'm wondering how lowering the CPU speed stops the memory problems. I'm
> using Samsung RIMM4200 memory which this motherboard is certified for
> (by Asus). The motherboard came out before the Intel 2.8 CPU was made
> public and I had to download a BIOS update to support it.
>
> Does not being able to run Red Hat 8 on a 2800 Mhz processor mean the
> CPU is too fast for the kernel? Or the memory? Does needing to lower the
> CPU speed mean I have hardware problems?
My guess would be the latter - you have a hardware problem. Determining
what the problem is not necessarily trivial. Rambus memory normally
needs to be installed in pairs (I think), but if you've got more than one
pair, try running with half pulled to see if that makes a difference. If
your motherboard supports other kinds of memory too, try swapping in
some replacement memory if you have some in another system somewhere.
> Finally, if my system is now stable from a memory point of view should I
> reinstall Red Hat 8 as a clean install just to avoid any possibility of
> memory-corrupted files?
Yup. That's *after* you find what forced you to slow the system down in
the first place. If you've got bad memory, then you need to solve that
problem first. You may have just temporarily masked the problem and it
will bite you later.
.../Ed
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