It might be as simple as the bios settings. Which memtest tests gave errors?
Assuming that you have not upgraded the ram or anything like that, it
is probably the chipset. What type of chipset do you have?

On 1/27/06, Philip Juels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Curious...the system is a Dell Optiplex GX270...RAM system is PC3200
> 2x512MB DIMMs in a the dual-channel arrangment.  If I run memtest
> against this setup, I get numerous errors.  However, if run memtest with
> only one DIMM installed (either one), I get no reported errors.  Would
> this still be an issue with the DIMMs or something wrong with the mobo?
>
> PJ
>
> PS...pardon me for asking a hardware question on a FreeBSD list :-)
>
> Philip Juels wrote:
>
> > Thanks...I downloaded the iso and memtest confirmed that the system
> > has memory problems.
> >
> > PJ
> >
> > Noel Jones wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/26/06, Philip Juels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I'm running into random seg faults during KDE and Gnome compilation,
> >>> and
> >>> I and others on the list suspect faulty RAM.  Are there any utils out
> >>> there that can test/diagnose RAM (aside from the laughable BIOS POST).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.memtest86.com/
> >> http://www.memtest.org/
> >>
> >> --
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