<DIV>Another item to check might be the number of chips on the sticks; I recall seeing some specifications about maximum loading for some chipsets that indicated that if a stick had more than a single array of chips, that use of a second stick of similar construction for the same bank would exceed the drive capabilities of the chipset. I.e., the chipset could only drive 3 chips per line.<BR><BR><B><I>Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Sun 06 Mar 05, 8:59 PM, Paul <PAULB@CLAYPITS.COM>said:<BR>> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:<BR>> >What a horror story! If it IS the mother board, maybe I'll get myself that<BR>> >dual Opteron I've been thinking about for the past year or so.<BR>> ><BR>> (useless but possibly entertaining attempt at humor)<BR>> I can tell from here the mother board is bad and you'll need the dual <BR>> Opteron. Come to think of it, the video board and the monitor are <BR>> looking a little weak too:-)<BR><BR>Heh. I actually LOL'd. Thanks! :)<BR><BR>Status Report:<BR><BR>Memtest output seemed to indicate the slot 0 RAM. I first removed the slot<BR>1 RAM first since it's easier (doesn't need to be replaced, whereas there<BR>always needs to be something in slot 0).<BR><BR>Memtest segfaulted again.<BR><BR>Removed slot 0 RAM and replaced it with what used to be slot 1
RAM.<BR><BR>So far, so good. No segfaults. I have a feeling this baby's going to go<BR>all night, so I'll just leave it running. My worst nightmare was a DIMM<BR>slot. Thanks heavens it looks like a failed DIMM...<BR><BR>Pete (who keeps looking over his should to make sure memtest hasn't<BR>segfaulted on the monitor across the room).<BR><BR>-- <BR>Save Star Trek Enterprise from extinction: http://www.saveenterprise.com<BR><BR>GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>vox-tech mailing list<BR>vox-tech@lists.lugod.org<BR>http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>