DDR333 has just become stable (well relatively) under the other OS, I would say it should be becoming stable around now for Linux.
WARNING don't use DDR400 its totally unstable even under that other OS On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 09:03, Brett Olsen wrote: > Hi Guys, > I thought I would post back the solution to the problem I was having with > Linux on new hardware. > > Problem : Kernel would hang at the point where it says "Uncompressing > Linux..." > > Solution : Add the following parameters to the bootloader : > mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=510M@1M (where 510=amount of mem-1M) > > Hardware : P4 2.5gig, 845G chipset, 512M DDR Ram, Geforce 4 Ti4200 > 128MB > > Tested On : Redhat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0 both now working fine. > > Cause : Probably the chipset, the 845G is quite new, could also be > affected by 333Mhz DDR ?? > > Thanks for you suggestions and help > > Brett > > > > > Hi Guys, > Thanks for all the suggestions, Erik van Pienbroek got back to me with this > suggestion, I will post the results of my testing tomorrow, his symptoms > match exactly those that I am having now. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, > > Sounds just like my problem. > I've just got an new P4 2,4Ghz box and when I tried to boot Linux (various > Distro's tried) the kernel would hang at the point where it says > "Uncompressing linux...". After monitoring the Linux Kernel mailing lists, > I've found out the problem could be solved by passing the following > parameters to the bootloader : mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=510M@1M Since > then I haven't had any troubles running linux on my new box. > > Hope this works for you too. > > Erik van Pienbroek > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I will post back again if this works, if so, perhaps someone else won't have > to spend days trying to get linux going again.... > > Thanks Guys > Brett > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2002 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Redhat 7.3, 8.0 & P4 2.5 gig, any ideas ? > > > quick note here the Epox 4g4a+ mobo is a great update board for an older ATX > box and PSU. > > I talked recently with a friend who has one of these and he updated to the > 2.4.19 after some stability problems with the 2.4.18 RH default kernel then > noted "this machine rips" , so much the thing is running a bit hot and he > had to upgrade the HSF; Ive noticed this too when doing allot of compiling > on a P4 the stock HSF doesn't cut it and the cpu runs a bit on the toasty > side. > > > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 14:43, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 12:37:46PM +1000, Brett Olsen wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have just upgraded to a P4 2.5 and I do not seem to be able to > > > > install/run Linux anymore :-( > > > [ .. ] > > > > Epox 4g4a > > > > Intel P4 2.5 > > > > 2 x 256MB DDR > > > > > > > > > > Leadtek 128MB Ti4200 > > > > > > I > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Hey if you're going to get mad at me every time I do something * > * stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things! * > ******************************************************************** > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- ******************************************************************** * Hey if you're going to get mad at me every time I do something * * stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things! * ******************************************************************** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
