Hi All,
I'm relatively new to fedora and haven't been able to find any help while searching google so i thought i'd chance my arm on the forum.
I have recently installed fedora 16 onto my Dell PC, it boots up fine with 2 x 1G ram DIMM's, but as it will be running VM Player and a VM i thought i would add some more RAM. i have an extra 4 x 1G DIMMS.
If i add 1 or 2 of the extra DIMM's the OS won't boot. I get the Blue circle with the F in the middle of the screen but then it just hangs and i eventually need to power off.
All six DIMM's are Kington iGB 2Rx8 PC2 -5300U, and i'm pretty sure they are ok as they have come from a different identical machine running centos.
Below is a dmidecode output:
[root@brassmonkey ~]# dmidecode -t 0,1,2,4,5,6,17
dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Dell Inc. Version: 2.1.6 Release Date: 05/04/2008 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 512 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Function key-initiated network boot is supported Targeted content distribution is supported BIOS Revision: 2.1
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: OptiPlex 740 Enhanced Version:
Serial Number: FDRSS3J UUID: 44454C4C-4400-1052-8053-C6C04F53334A Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number:
Family:
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: 0YP696 Version: A00 Serial Number: ..CN7082182QL12P.
Handle 0x000A, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket M2 Type: Central Processor Family: Athlon 64 X2 Manufacturer: AMD ID: B2 0F 06 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 15, Model 107, Stepping 2 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) HTT (Multi-threading) Version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ Voltage: 1.4 V External Clock: 1000 MHz Max Speed: 3000 MHz Current Speed: 2900 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket 754 L1 Cache Handle: 0x0010 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0011 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Serial Number:
Asset Tag:
Part Number:
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 5, 24 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: 64-bit ECC Error Correcting Capabilities: None Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 4096 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 16384 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns 50 ns Supported Memory Types: Standard DIMM Memory Module Voltage: 2.9 V Associated Memory Slots: 4 0x000C 0x000D 0x000E 0x000F Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: None
Handle 0x000C, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM_4 Bank Connections: None Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown Installed Size: Not Installed Enabled Size: Not Installed Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000D, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM_3 Bank Connections: None Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Unknown Installed Size: Not Installed Enabled Size: Not Installed Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000E, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM_2 Bank Connections: 4 5 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Other Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK
Handle 0x000F, DMI type 6, 12 bytes Memory Module Information Socket Designation: DIMM_1 Bank Connections: 6 7 Current Speed: 5 ns Type: Other Unknown EDO Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection) Error Status: OK
Handle 0x0032, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0031 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: No Module Installed Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM_4 Bank Locator: Not Specified Type: Unknown Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Serial Number: FFFFFFFF Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number:
Handle 0x0033, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0031 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: No Module Installed Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM_3 Bank Locator: Not Specified Type: Unknown Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Manufacturer: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Serial Number: FFFFFFFF Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number:
Handle 0x0034, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0031 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1024 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM_2 Bank Locator: Not Specified Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 667 MHz Manufacturer: 7F98000000000000 Serial Number: 8E3CFBE7 Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: KPN424-ELJ
Handle 0x0035, DMI type 17, 27 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0031 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1024 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: DIMM_1 Bank Locator: Not Specified Type: DDR2 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 667 MHz Manufacturer: 7F98000000000000 Serial Number: 8E3CF7E7 Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: KPN424-ELJ
Linear Mode
