[LINUX-ABIT] 64M + 64M + 128M = No Go?

[Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker)]

Hello,

(FYI: i'm talking bank0, 1 and 2, not bank1, 2 and 3)

I bought a 128MB 100MHz DIMM recently and tried to install it in bank 2
next to my 2x 64MB 100MHz DIMM's which are already installed in the system.

Result was the computer booted, detected 256MB memory, but detected only 
one CPU (!!!!!)   Read on...

Because of this one CPU thing, I rebooted again, and got nothing. 
My screen wouldn't even switch on, it just did nothing... 
Tried again, and again, no go..

It seems like bank 3 on an ABIT BP6 is broken or doesn't function
properly? I moved the 128MB DIMM to bank0, and booted.
The system found 128MB, and 2 CPU's, okay, put in one extra 64MB, in
bank1 ofcourse, booted, ah 192MB and 2 CPU's that seems OK, put in the second
64MB in bank2 and *BAM*, no more booting...

What am I doing wrong here??  The manual says nothing special about
banks, ways to place memory etc??

I later tried the 64MB module I inserted in bank2 of the first system
in my second BP6 board, and it completely killed my system (!!!!)
I put the DIMM in place, booted and heared: BEEEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.
That means something is wrong with Conv. / Ext. Memory...
Removed the 64MB module and it still did the BEEP trick...
I got this machine up again by removing all the hardware and booting
it that way. Putting one piece of hardware in at a time...
(for the record: there was already 2x 128MB in this machine)

Then, to test wether the 64MB module I tried in my other computer was
broken tried that one on itself, and all works fine... So it's not
the module that is broken..

This email is becoming a bit chaotic, let me state that all the memory
was tested to work and all was of the same FSB-speed (100MHz).

What could be going wrong? Why doesn't the 128MB + 64MB + 64MB thing work?
Why did my machine die when I put in 128MB + 128MB + 64MB?
How could inserting extra memory prevent the board from detecting the
second CPU?

I am so pissed off right now... 
I will take some sleep and try again tomorrow.

BP6, they'd better not release it...
Sander.

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