Intel related question ...

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Josh Paetzel wrote:

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

Am using Registered DDR ... I even had my rep confirm with Kingston that 
this was, in fact, the right RAM for the motherboard :(  I tried to cover 
all the bases, but obviously missed on :(

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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy at hub.org           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664