Re: HELP! 2.2.12 sudden death
Andrew Gormanly (a.gormanly@ucl.ac.uk)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:36:43 +0100
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I don't think that the following problem is strictly related to version 2.2.12
> I'm running:
>
> A couple of week ago I upgraded my computer from a good-ol' Pentium133
> to a Pentium II 400. So I had to change also the motherboard (Epox
> EP-BX3), the ram chips (2x64 MB, they were sold me as good for 100 MHz
> bus, the computer BIOS says they're 60 ns), and the case obviously.
>
> This flashing new machine is driving me crazy. It crashes suddenly,
> without notice, without leaving a trace in the logs, without even
> giving me the possibility to use the Alt-SysRq keys.
60ns? Isn't this the access time for the asynchronous memory interface?
Could it be that you've got something wrong in the BIOS setup, that
thinks it's DRAM in the slots not SDRAM?
[100MHz strictly implies access time of 10ns (max_frequency =
1/min_access_time), lower would be safer.]
Andy
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