Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
You right I might not need more than 512MB ram, but remember one Famouse person once said a pc will never need more than 640KB of ram... what happened there? hehehehe On Saturday, 21 June 2003 15:22, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday June 21 2003 06:00 am, Tsyko wrote: > > I have 1GB of

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
Thanks all. I used a non graphical boot menu and told it not to use a frame-buffer. It now boots fine, I only see 800mb of ram but hell its better than 512mb. Thanks again On Saturday, 21 June 2003 13:20, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 > > Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday June 21 2003 06:00 am, Tsyko wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it > flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the > lights on the keybaord flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to > 512MB.. Add '

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes > a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the > keybaord flashing.. This is an issue with the 9.1 installation see http://www.mand

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:00:44 +0100 Tsyko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a > message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord > flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing i

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
It just flashes the message on the screen briefly, the screen goes black and then all he keyboard lights flash. (The machine locks up.) On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 11:50 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: > > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake,

Re: [newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a > message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord > flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. > > > System

[newbie] Issues with RAM

2003-06-21 Thread Tsyko
I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord flashing.. It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. System configuration is Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chips