Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-25 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: >> >> >So I swapped the sticks. The memory test *still* failed at >> > 11Mb. Reenabled the cache and it still fails at 11Mb. >> >> *sigh* Failed at *17Mb*. Succeeded at *16Mb*. I *will* remember >> to calculate in HEX, I *will* remembe

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-25 Thread Timothy Miller
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I understand it, Pentium-class systems need 64-bit wide RAM; > if you're using SIMMs, the 72-pin ones are only 32-bits wide, which is > why you need them in pairs. Hence, you would not expect it to be an error > at a certain address, because both SIM

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 02:38:51PM -0600, Timothy J. Miller wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: > > So I swapped the sticks. The memory test *still* failed at > > 11Mb. Reenabled the cache and it still fails at 11Mb. > > *sigh* Failed at *17Mb*. Succeeded at *16Mb*.

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-24 Thread Timothy J. Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: > So I swapped the sticks. The memory test *still* failed at > 11Mb. Reenabled the cache and it still fails at 11Mb. *sigh* Failed at *17Mb*. Succeeded at *16Mb*. I *will* remember to calculate in HEX, I *will* remember to calculate

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-24 Thread Timothy J. Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: > What am I missing? Or should I return *both* set of sticks and > give up? Okay-- here's an update: I hit the sig11 page I was pointed to and read it. I tried disabling the cache to no effect. I *did* discover when I went to

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-24 Thread Joost Kooij
On 24 Mar 1998, Timothy J. Miller wrote: > The system is a home-built; PCI IDE motherboard housing a Cyrix > 6x86-233, 32Mb EDO RAM, Acer 24x CDROM and a modem. You name the brand of the cdrom, but the motherboard goes unnamed. I'd rather buy a quality motherboard than a cdrom. Remember, th

Re: Some odd errors / compatibility questions.

1998-03-24 Thread jdassen
On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 07:54:49AM -0600, Timothy J. Miller wrote: [sig 11 problem] > On the initial compile I started having problems with GCC dumping > out on unexpected signals (11). From what I've read in the past, this is > indicative of memory problems, particularly with non-parity SI