On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999,
David Hamm wrote: >
> > I just purchased several new computers. 366 mhx Celerons with 32 mg ram
> [...]
>
> I have an ASUS P5A, with a K6-II/400MHz chip. I bought the CPU, the
> motherboard, and 128MB PC-100 SDRAM from the same place. It was flaky
> (random segfaults and other errors, especially when compiling the kernel)
> when the bus speed was 100MHz, and stable at 95MHz.
>
> I swapped everything out, and it still failed. Finally, in desperation, I
> took my 128MB DIMM and traded it for my parents' two 64MB DIMMS. (They had
> a PII/450 on an "Ozzie" MB).
>
> Now, *both* systems are stable at 100MHz. Apparently there are subtle
> variations in memory that can make it work on one board and not on
> another.
>
> You could try slowing the bus speed, or getting completely different RAM
> form somewhere. Also, in one of your messages you said that the DIMMS you
> had were from different manufacturers. You could try using only one DIMM
> at a time and see if the problem is limited to one type of chip.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
>
> Microsoft Windows - The first fully modular software disaster.
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