When you finally resolve this please CC me so your [SOLVED] post doesn't get lost in the list noise. I'm guessing it'll be a few days if not weeks, and by then I'll have stopped actively looking for replies in the deluge of list mail.
On 7/18/2013 3:21 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > On 07/17/2013 10:57 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> On 7/16/2013 6:30 PM, Gary Roach wrote: >>> I can't say >>> that the memory is absolutely good but can say with a high degree of >>> certainty that it is the correct memory for the system. >> I gave you the exact JEDEC specs the 4x 1GB DIMMs need to be, and you >> didn't respond to that. Post the part identification number and density >> information located on the sticker on each of the 4 DIMMs. >> >> Either the board has a problem or the DIMMs are the problem. Apparently >> the board worked fine for years before you added RAM, correct? That >> makes the DIMMs the likely suspect. >> >>> I am going to try running sysbench on the memory and see if that >>> uncovers anything. I know that it is primarily for bench testing but >>> may >>> uncover something. >> Sysbench can't tell you why the BIOS doesn't see all of the RAM. It >> might reveal a timing problem, or bad cells, but such issues won't cause >> the main problem you have. >> > Lets kind of start over. > 1) I thought I said early on that this was a new to me, used, mobo. > I don't know if it worked before. > 2) The bios in setup mode lists 4 memory modules > 3) The bios on post checks finds only 2.92GB of ram > 4) The Kingston KVR400 series modules are recommended by Intel for > the D865PERL mobo. > 5) I ran memtest86+ on the system. The program found no errors but > only found 3 memory slots. > 6) I installed lm-sensor. i2c-tools and modprobed the eeprom kernel > module. This allowed me to run decode-dimms. This program reads the SPD > information off of each of the memory modules. This program found all 4 > modules. The listing for all 4 modules were identical with the exeption > of the serial numbers. The results from the 4th module was: > > ---=== SPD EEPROM Information ===--- > EEPROM Checksum of bytes 0-62 OK (0xA9) > # of bytes written to SDRAM EEPROM 128 > Total number of bytes in EEPROM 256 > Fundamental Memory type DDR SDRAM > SPD Revision 1.0 > > ---=== Memory Characteristics ===--- > Maximum module speed 400MHz (PC3200) > Size 1024 MB > Voltage Interface Level SSTL 2.5V > Module Configuration Type No Parity > Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us) - > Self Refresh > tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS 3-3-3-8 > Supported CAS Latencies 3T, 2.5T > Supported CS Latencies 0 > Supported WE Latencies 1 > Minimum Cycle Time 5 ns at CAS 3 > 6 ns at CAS 2.5 > Maximum Access Time 0.65 ns at CAS 3 > 0.7 ns at CAS 2.5 > > ---=== Manufacturing Information ===--- > Manufacturer Kingston > Manufacturing Location Code 0x04 > Part Number K > Manufacturing Date 2008-W46 > Assembly Serial Number 0x6E146732 > > > Number of SDRAM DIMMs detected and decoded: 4 > > At this point I strongly suspect that the bios is defective. My next > move is to reburn it. > > Gary R -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51e9e65a.1010...@hardwarefreak.com
