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

[Scott Castaline]

On 02/11/2011 02:53 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 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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Yep, done deal. Ran Memtest 86+ overnight. Walked RAM through the slots 
as well as swapped 1st stick with 2nd stick. All diags seem to work. It 
just seems that something on the PCIe bus does not like the initial kick 
from 64bit, but is ok after it gets past that point. If I don't set the 
PCI* card as my default video it will boot and the PCI* card is usable 
after that in 64bit environment.