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anybody
I have a Biostar M7NCD Pro (nforce2) motherboard as the basis of my
homebuilt. It has been running without a hardware problem for about 11
months.
I've used five different PC2100 sticks of various sizes and
manufacturers in many combinations, in the Biostar and in a Dell 4500
(P4, Intel 845 chipset).
Yesterday the system hung several times, requiring reboots. So I did
some testing of all five sticks with Memtest-86.
The Biostar has three DDR slots, named B1, B2, and A1. To get dual
channel, you have to fill A1 and at least one of the B slots. I find
that there are Memtest-86 errors if and only if I configure the RAM as
dual channel.
So would it be a motherboard problem, specifically a memory controller
problem? The CPU is an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, and the PSU is an Antec
SL350. What are the chances that there is involvement of the CPU or PSU?
homebuilt. It has been running without a hardware problem for about 11
months.
I've used five different PC2100 sticks of various sizes and
manufacturers in many combinations, in the Biostar and in a Dell 4500
(P4, Intel 845 chipset).
Yesterday the system hung several times, requiring reboots. So I did
some testing of all five sticks with Memtest-86.
The Biostar has three DDR slots, named B1, B2, and A1. To get dual
channel, you have to fill A1 and at least one of the B slots. I find
that there are Memtest-86 errors if and only if I configure the RAM as
dual channel.
So would it be a motherboard problem, specifically a memory controller
problem? The CPU is an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, and the PSU is an Antec
SL350. What are the chances that there is involvement of the CPU or PSU?