[ale] Hardware probs(was Need Help w/Debian Sarge...)

[Geoffrey]

Jim Seymour wrote:
> Okay now problems seem to range far greater than video resolution, etc. 
> I has been getting kernel panics since putting together this new system.
> 
> Asus A7N8X-X (bios is most recent)
> Retail boxed Athalon 2600XP (BIOS says it's a 2300)
> 2 sticks Kingston DDR3200 512m Valueram

That would be 400 ram, I believe the 2600xp uses pc2700 (333).  Is your 
board running the ram at 400 or 333?  Also, the 2600xp is a 2300 mhz 
chip I believe.

I've got a similar set up on an asus a7v8x-x, 2600xp and 512 pc3200, but 
I'm running the memory at 333.


> Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI
> 420 watt Enlight power supply
> Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200 256m AGP 8X
> 
> This is a Debian Sarge system with all updates running kernel 2.4.24. I 
> have installed memtest86+ and have not been able to complete a round of 
> tests yet without one or more tests failing and ending in a kernel 
> panic. I have tried bios settings of both "Resources Controlled By 
> [ESCD/Manual]"  under PnP/PCI Configurations. Also have tried disabling 
> APIC mode. Nothing seems to have changed behavior much. How sure can I 
> be I have a memory problem at this point? Motherboard? Video card?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Seymour
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