From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E56FA1385B3 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 08:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7794F14234; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 08:18:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-f178.google.com (mail-yk0-f178.google.com [209.85.160.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A98C1421F for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 08:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ykbi184 with SMTP id i184so92143895ykb.2 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:18:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LpA6A9um8UFJf7uwwxZTkTa6iGbB+e+m6XGzflYD/CE=; b=aum4ssu4dmjB2BLxrjVLgZgqiEpEvfxMdJgOyJGhqC1gDB/PV3T8Xxu1OS3YQigcBc XgbctFlRfMRvNyOqeWGkB+BLjAAX7jyfEWCdDpvOniBfYuQX3h8dvryx9C/+BCxQHAdH vXPx7bQ6npIAc8ACUUGnCs+X6l8mrrg8SoWZNDkRHr6Us3N1iLiUEuRdYWq27WwaCCKQ rWhRAUMLKTWD22+mB9oQ+kbz8RKZbQ2NmZOYLZvjEEtfSraAQGstG+7walnhCEmDkMM9 6BWDCC9Nvcs6r9V1f+3cgI51+6wGTrTOeLRhHylm70XQLiwkTKyYWHOIgFalvIv3yGEj IomA== X-Received: by 10.170.202.194 with SMTP id t185mr17915089yke.90.1440231487438; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:18:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-123-251.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.123.251]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d14sm5691515ywd.50.2015.08.22.01.18.06 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:18:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55D8303D.5000806@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:18:05 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL. References: <55D637E0.3080409@verizon.net> <2935590.ZJjmRnyj51@andromeda> <55D80E00.4050508@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 025edd3b-6219-4af8-8c61-b97ff4532b1b X-Archives-Hash: 059ea1b53ef4777d64d0800a0d924194 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > >> That said, I spent the day doing diagnostics: >> >> >> Findings: >> >> 1. There were a hell of a lot more memory errors than I had seen befor= e. >> 2. There was a smudge on one of the dimm's contacts and some of the >> usual dust on the CPU-facing one. >> 3. The motherboard was not developed by sane engineers. In a sane worl= d, >> there are two types of variables: measured variables and controlled >> variables. >> The RAM voltage would appear to be a controlled variable but it is als= o >> a measured variable. In order to achieve a close approximation of 1.5v= , >> I had to set it to 1.530 volts. WTF... >> >> 4. an AMD K10 processor cannot successfully drive 8-ranks of high >> density ram at 2x800 mhz -- BUT IT WILL TRY!!! I found all dimms to be= >> good either individually or in pairs, but the entire ram compliment of= >> four dims cannot be run at full speed at once with the CPU/motherboard= I >> have installed. > Findings 3 & 4 sound like a faulty or underrated PSU...or a bad motherb= oard.=20 > Start by unplugging everything that you don't need to boot from a live = CD and=20 > run some tests. > It sure does. A weak power supply will certainly cause some issues. If he can remove a few power hogs and it works, then the memory may be OK and just short on power. Plus, if the power supply is weak, that could show up in other places too.=20 OP, maybe you should give this site a look see: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=3DNDReviews&op=3DReview_Cat&rec= atnum=3D13=20 This one just reviewed had a perfect score, if it has enough power for what you are running. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=3DNDReviews&op=3DReview_Cat&rec= atnum=3D13=20 This site below lists them by wattage. They test them pretty hard too.=20 If it isn't a well built unit, they'll find the problem.=20 http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/589708-Recommended-PSU-= s-True-Tested Hope one of those helps or maybe all of them.=20 Dale :-) :-)=20