> > Probably not related but... > > I just bought an AMD Athlon 1.6gig with 512Mb of ram (2x256). > > Tried my first Debian install which kept crashing. Tried Mandrake 8.1 which > > also crashed (but told me sig 11). It turns out that if I have simm A in > > slot 1 and simm B in slot 2 it crashes. But works fine with either simm B in > > slot 1 and simm A in slot 2, OR either simm in slot 1 and the other on the > > table (in view of computer but not touching distance...). > > > > Simms are same brand, type etc...
> Damien Elmes wrote > > Probably a dodgy simm, then. If you've got it in a higher slot (so > it's say providing 256->512MB, then it's not going to be taxed by an > installer. if you run a mem test program which checks the entire > 512MB, you'll probably find you're getting errors. > > so i'd advise if a more detailed stress test turns up similar > findings, you return it, if you can, or chalk it up to bad luck. Thats what I thought until I did 2 installs on each individual chip (just 256Mb in the computer). Absolutely no problem... Any suggestions on how to run a detailed stress test? Regards Martin ps. My Appologies for the outlook stuff, I'll remove it when I get the new system set up. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
