Intel related question ...

Josh Paetzel josh at tcbug.org
Tue Aug 23 04:02:43 GMT 2005


On Monday 22 August 2005 22:43, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> Sorry for asking here, but y'all are the only "useful techies" I
> know :)
>
> Am trying to put together my next new FreeBSD server ... Intel
> based, on an SE7520JR2 DDR2 motherboard ... problem is simple ...
>
> I have 4x1G Kingston DIMMs to put in (KVR400D2R3K2/2G) ... if I put
> two in Bank 1, I can boot ... if I  put the other two in Bank 1, I
> can boot ... if I put 4 in (2 in Bank1, 2 in Bank2), I get three
> long beeps ...
>
> Is ther something obvious I'm overlooking here?  It doesn't seem
> like the RAM, since all 4 sticks do work, so its only leaving me
> the motherboard itself ... but wanted to double check ...
>
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> Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services
> (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy at hub.org           Yahoo!:
> yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664

I have seen motherboards that can use up to a certain amount of 
DDR....past which you are required to use registered DDR

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Thanks,

Josh Paetzel


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