On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 10:38:52AM -0500, Jim Duda wrote: > I'm running Fedora Core 5. > > I have a plain vanilla 2.8Ghz P4 Intel motherboard with 4 DIMM slots. I > currently have 1 DIMM of 512M DDR 3200 memory. I purchased a second > DIMM of the same 3200 memory hoping to upgrade the memory. > > When I install the second DIMM, the BIOS properly recognizes it, > however, FC5 won't boot properly. The boot time takes forever. The > bootup is sitting in "Starting UDEV" for a very long time. The BIOS only recognises the presence of memory. It does not necessarily test it, and the test, if any, is a minimal "quick acceptance" test. Install one DIMM at a time, then both, and run memtest86, which you will find on your rescue/install CD/DVDs, on each configuration. > > I believe the new memory DIMM is okay, I can use either memory DIMM > properly, however, attempting to use both causes a problem. > > I'm stumped as to what could possibly be wrong. Possibly you have to use a specific slot? Check your motherboard manual for details. > > I don't use the stock FC5 kernel, but instead have compiled my own > 2.6.18-1 kernel. I have the Memory Split option set to the default > 3G/1G user/kernel split. Try booting to the install/rescue CD/DVD. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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