I am having a problem with memory timing on my Gigabyte GA-P35-DSL3 using OCZ DDR2-800 1gig x2.
My complete hardware configuration is:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 MHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DSL3
OCZ Tech DDR2-800 1gig x2
WD Caviar SE SATA 400gb
e-GeForce 7600GT
Samsung 22" SyncMaster LCD
While trying to install the OS (Fedora Core 7 x86_64) I was experiencing crashes, freezes and video weirdness, like random cyrillic chars on the screen.
Memtest86+ showed no errors in 8 passes. Mobo POSTs without problems. Hard disk tests passed, read, write, surface.
Samsung monitor worked flawlessly hooked to my older machine, using the new display card and the old.
I posted my problem on Fedora Forum and found a partial answer, which was to "clock down" the memory to 667 MHz from 800.
Once I did, Fedora installed, and has run well and stable since, even with the nVidia driver kernel mod.
This issue is not related to what some are experiencing with nVidia drivers on Fedora Core. The display drivers work great.
I had hoped to be able to clock back up after the install. No go. Same problem when "pushed" to 800MHz.
Now I would like to see if I can bring the memory back up to 800MHz, which I understand is a standard for this mobo and memory, or at least that is what the memory sticks are rated for.
When I set the memory to 800MHz, or what the BIOS considers "optimum", the freezing and random error borkage comes back.
I don't want to damage my fresh install with more tests.
I want to get good information on what to try, and limit the possibility of write errors to the drive.
Has anyone else encountered this?
I can't be the only Fedora Core x86_64 user out there, logically.
I have built several machines, but not a Core 2, so that part is new to me.
The computer is quite stable currently, and has been rock solid for over two weeks.
I'm not looking to overclock, just get the memory chips going at 800MHz clock speed, if possible.
Is this something that only affects Fedora Core Linux x86_64 users, or is it OS independent?
Is there a combination of setting in the M.I.T. BIOS area that I need to set together to achieve the correct result?
I am loathe to mess around with various settings, only to cook my system, or bork my BIOS.
I searched the forum and found nothing directly related to this issue at the time.
My complete hardware configuration is:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 MHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DSL3
OCZ Tech DDR2-800 1gig x2
WD Caviar SE SATA 400gb
e-GeForce 7600GT
Samsung 22" SyncMaster LCD
While trying to install the OS (Fedora Core 7 x86_64) I was experiencing crashes, freezes and video weirdness, like random cyrillic chars on the screen.
Memtest86+ showed no errors in 8 passes. Mobo POSTs without problems. Hard disk tests passed, read, write, surface.
Samsung monitor worked flawlessly hooked to my older machine, using the new display card and the old.
I posted my problem on Fedora Forum and found a partial answer, which was to "clock down" the memory to 667 MHz from 800.
Once I did, Fedora installed, and has run well and stable since, even with the nVidia driver kernel mod.
This issue is not related to what some are experiencing with nVidia drivers on Fedora Core. The display drivers work great.
I had hoped to be able to clock back up after the install. No go. Same problem when "pushed" to 800MHz.
Now I would like to see if I can bring the memory back up to 800MHz, which I understand is a standard for this mobo and memory, or at least that is what the memory sticks are rated for.
When I set the memory to 800MHz, or what the BIOS considers "optimum", the freezing and random error borkage comes back.
I don't want to damage my fresh install with more tests.
I want to get good information on what to try, and limit the possibility of write errors to the drive.
Has anyone else encountered this?
I can't be the only Fedora Core x86_64 user out there, logically.
I have built several machines, but not a Core 2, so that part is new to me.
The computer is quite stable currently, and has been rock solid for over two weeks.
I'm not looking to overclock, just get the memory chips going at 800MHz clock speed, if possible.
Is this something that only affects Fedora Core Linux x86_64 users, or is it OS independent?
Is there a combination of setting in the M.I.T. BIOS area that I need to set together to achieve the correct result?
I am loathe to mess around with various settings, only to cook my system, or bork my BIOS.
I searched the forum and found nothing directly related to this issue at the time.