On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 07:54:39AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > None of these problems occur when I use 4 GB memory. About the only > strangeness, which seems to come from the BIOS, is that it recognizes > only 3.5 GB. If I put all DIMMS in, it recognizes the full 8 GB > memory. > > I realize that this isn't enough to diagnose the problem. The reason > for this message now is to ask: > > 1. Has anybody else seen this problem? > 2. Has anybody else used this hardware configuration and *not* seen > this problem? > 3. Where should I look next? >
Have you run sysutils/memtest86 with the 8 GB? I had 4 bad out of 12 tested where the DIMMs were Crucial PC2700 2GB Reg. ECC DIMMs. -- Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"