Intel related question ...

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/22/05, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy at hub.org> 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 ...
> 

That part number is not listed on the kingston page for the SE7520JR2
(DDR2) board:
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=20251&mfr=Intel&model=SE7520JR2+%28DDR2%29+Server&Sys=20251-Intel-SE7520JR2+%28DDR2%29+Server&distributor=0&submit1=Search

Tested RAM and Genral RAM Guilde for the SE7520JR2:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7520jr2/sb/se7520jr2_memlist_rev26.pdf

Technical Product Specifications for the SE7520JR2:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7520jr2/sb/se7520jr2tpsrev1.pdf

3 Beeps = "Base memory read / write test error" -Page 165 from the manual above

Also check the BIOS event log for POST error messages, Page 162