Where's the culprit?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 01:06:05AM -0400, Peter King wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 09:12:23PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> > > initializing HighMem. So I think that nails it down: bad memory sticks. Back
> > > to Canada Computers.
> > 
> > Not buying memory on the motherboard compatibility list?
> > 
> > What kind of motherboard and what kind of ram?
> 
> o  Motherboard: ASUS A7V8X-X
> 
> o  RAM: 2 x 1GB Corsair DDR 333MHz DIMM  (as per the motherboard manual)
> 
> At first I tried 1GB ADATA Premier Series DDR 333 MHz DIMM, but that stick
> failed memtest pretty spectacularly, which is why I switched brands. I didn't
> go with 400MHz since only some brands are approved for that motherboard by
> ASUS (or only some when the manual was printed). On this count I plead not
> guilty.

Hmm, DDR memory really tends to be pretty simply.  Not like DDR2 and
DDR3 where the details start to matter.

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Len Sorensen
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