On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 22:13 -0800, Simeon Nifos wrote: > > > I have a Tyan dual Opteron motherboard that I can > > make work, but it will > > not reboot correctly requiring a clearing of the > > CMOS then re-setup of > > CMOS and sometimes it even locks up while running. > > Haven't found the > > cause yet. But your discussion makes me believe I > > should take a second > > look at the memory, maybe even try a different > > version memory device set. > > > > Bill > > > > > Hi Simon, > > > > > I had a similar problem on a Thinkpad using the > > 32-bit version. > > > It turned out to be a wrong memory module, I had > > a 512 MB PC2100 (266 > > > Mhz) SO-DIMM installed and the machine needs > > PC2700 (333 MHz) memory. > > > > > Some times the machine booted fine only to give > > problems later (Kernel > > > panic), some times it stopped when setting the > > time right at the place > > > that you indicate. > > > > > Memtest reported the memory as ok, but maybe it's > > not running it at 333 > > > MHz at the time of the test (??). > > > > > Best regards, > > > Chris > > So what are you suggesting here? That I should change > my 4GB of Memory module 512Mb PC3200 ECC Reg. Kingston > "D" ??? Nooooooo! > > Look SuSE 9.1 worked fine! I think it is a Fedora > problem and not a hardware problem! If it was a > Hardware problem neither SUSE nor any other > (Linux distro) would be able to work properly! Since > one is found which works fine then I think it is a > FEDORA issue! My question in that list just wanted > to check out if there is any upgrade or patch which > handles such problems! > > So is there anything like that? --- you could search bugzilla - obviously this isn't normal expected behavior. if you wanted to put the memory thing to rest - you could boot the cd and then <Control><Alt><F3> and type 'memtest' (I think is the command - I need my own memtest ;-) Craig
