[ale] Slightly OT:Continuing saga of Gigabyte and Linux

[Jim Kinney]

Have you done the "ram dance". swap out ram until it fails or works.
Also have you run memtest+ (64-bit version)?

If the system really ran OK with a 32 bit OS and them puked with a 64,
that indicates issues with the CPU or the RAM or the buss joining them

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Somehow I'm starting to feel like I'm playing the lead role in a movie
> like "Pee Wee Herman's Great Adventure". Here is my latest update to
> their support and I just received their reply;
>
>  From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
> Sent :     2/11/2011 10:46
> Question :     Win7 32bit works, Win7 64bit does not. Just stops at
> starting windows. I only have access to Win7 64 for 1 or 2 days and no
> longer have the 32 bit version. It does not get to the point of
> reporting errors, just stops.
>
>
> (okay so I lied a bit about the 32bit part, it did run 32bit TinyXP though)
>
>
> Answer : The board is ready for 64 bit OS and should not be an issue,
> what type of erring did you received?
> Please reduce hardware down to the bare minimal
> - cpu along with heatsinkfan
> - single stick of memory
> - videocard
> - single hdd and optical drive
>
> Okay what part of no reported errors as in just stopped booting do they
> not understand????
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