On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 08:14:45AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 30 March 2005 at 14:35:46 -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > > 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: > >> > >> 3. Where should I look next? > > > > Have you run sysutils/memtest86 with the 8 GB? > > Heh. Difficult when the system doesn't run.
That's what happens when 1 of 8 (1 of 4?) DIMM is bad :-) > > I had 4 bad out of 12 tested where the DIMMs were Crucial PC2700 2GB > > Reg. ECC DIMMs. > > OK, this makes sense. It might also explain why the 4 GB > configuration only recognizes 3.5 GB. Search amd64 mailing list. The missing memory is reserved for something which escapes me at the moment. Similar to the infamous ISA memory hole. -- Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"