[olug] OT: ASUS M3N78 Pro mbd question

[Eric Lusk]

I only wish there was a shop nearby that would let me test the RAM, but I'm currently in Sioux City and that's not going to happen.  I can't think of anyone who will let me plug my RAM into their system, and who happens to be running DDR2 1066....
I've tried 2 different sticks of RAM in all 4 slots, and 2 different power supplies.  Same behavior.
Just to see what would happen, I plugged a fan into the only fan header that is NOT speed-adjusted by the motherboard; it stayed running.  This board isn't supposed to turn the fans off completely, but slow them down.  Given that they're stopping altogether a few seconds into POST I'll return the motherboard first.. I was so looking forward to running the 9950 CPU this week....

 I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those spells should work.



----- Original Message ----
From: Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com>
To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 6:25:19 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] OT: ASUS M3N78 Pro mbd question

Power supplies and memory are finicky things.
Power supply and faulty memory would have been my first two guesses.  Next
up would be to reseat CPU and other standard issue things with computer
repair.  Last up would be making sure that the memory you've got is
spec-matched to fit in the mobo.

I've had sticks of RAM go out in the field that came back with servers that
weren't behaving.  Before going into the field, we Memtest86 everything for
at least a single pass.  When it came back, it still passed Memtest86.  On a
hunch, I let it run Memtest86 overnight.  It started fail after the 5th
pass.  Replaced RAM, fixed.  This was the second system I've noticed this
on.

With the MediaGX (or AMD/NSC Geode classic 200-300MHz chips), I've seen
partially hosed chips.  Unexplainable for sure :).

-Will
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