Something's Wrong!!! (RAM or Cache)

Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Okay, I get an overly long error message in gentoo, and until now I haven't gotten in windows.

Well, I'm getting memory errors. But on the flip side, it could be because I have a gigabyte of ram and I wasn't using ECC. Any suggestions? Unfortunaley, I have no way of copying these errors down because the system is no longer usable after them...
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slentz · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:07 am Post subject:

have you ran memtest?

if not run it overnight tonitght(if in US)

petlab · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:11 am Post subject:

If you are getting memory errors, the first thing I suggest is replacing it. Borrow 1 known good piece and use it to see which one is bad?

"Not using ECC" is not the problem. It is something that can be configured, but my machine has 6 gigs of ram and I don't have ecc turned on. I need to learn about it more before I turn it on.

The other thing to check is heat problems for the CPU. I know, I always say that, but I think that it is the number one reason for computer (HW) problems.

With Gentoo, the machine gets a solid test, with all that compiling. It can heat the CPU more than other things do.

HTH
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irf2003 · Veteran Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 1078

Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Okay, it's ecc ready. The thing is, I'm getting errors in linux talkiing about paging cache. Is that CPU or RAM? I can most likely get it replaced...

But i need to know what's wrong.
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CPU: 3800+ X2 (2.5Ghz)
GPU: eVGA 7600GT (640/1700)
MOBO: DFI SLI-DR (Surprisingly good!)
RAM: 2 x OCZ Gold 1024 DDR500 3-4-3-7 (2048)
HDD: Western Digital Raptor

petlab · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:

I don't know for sure, but I doubt it is CPU. Paging cache: Paging is talking about memory, and Cache is a bit of information that tells the computer about the "pages" that it is paging. Again, those pages are memory.

the R (registered) is the only part about that memory that is really important. Some AMD64/motherboard setups require registered ram before they will boot. Others don't. But ECC is another story, like I said, 400 days of uptime on my dual machine without turning on ECC. And I bought generic memory.
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Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Well with the help of memtest86, I was able to determine that this was not a hit and miss thing. Something was consistently failing. Turns out, it was my second stick of RAM. Seeing as how I've only owned it for a week, I'm sure I can get a replacement. :lol:

I also know that the other parts are running stably because I emerged my world last night, updating it as much as possible. And of course this means compiling, so... It finished everything in less than 8 hrs. That includes kdebase, mozilla-firefox-bin and kdevelop...
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CPU: 3800+ X2 (2.5Ghz)
GPU: eVGA 7600GT (640/1700)
MOBO: DFI SLI-DR (Surprisingly good!)
RAM: 2 x OCZ Gold 1024 DDR500 3-4-3-7 (2048)
HDD: Western Digital Raptor