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Re: [suse-amd64] meminfo Tyan 2880/6GB
- From: Santiago Flores <santiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:02:03 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <403113BA.5020305@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mike & et.al.,
I wish the toy was mine. The RAM all came at one time from the same vendor and is matched. I have tried moving them around to different slots with no change. :) It is sad to have such a nice toy not living up to its potential. The historical story is:
We bought the RAM, MB, and Processors from the same vendor. Lodaed up SUSE and let the machine run. It ran without problem for about 2 weeks with all 6GB of RAM. Then the UPS it was plugged into failed and the machine went down. The board would never boot again with more than 4GB. The board a couple days later died completely. We RMAed that board and had to order another (since it took them 2 and a half months to get us the replacement board). The board we orderded (same model) is the one in the machine now. The RAM is the original RAM, as are the processors.
Mike Rosing wrote:
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Santiago Flores
Sr. Systems Administrator
Iqdirection.com
santiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
480-560-3151
I wish the toy was mine. The RAM all came at one time from the same vendor and is matched. I have tried moving them around to different slots with no change. :) It is sad to have such a nice toy not living up to its potential. The historical story is:
We bought the RAM, MB, and Processors from the same vendor. Lodaed up SUSE and let the machine run. It ran without problem for about 2 weeks with all 6GB of RAM. Then the UPS it was plugged into failed and the machine went down. The board would never boot again with more than 4GB. The board a couple days later died completely. We RMAed that board and had to order another (since it took them 2 and a half months to get us the replacement board). The board we orderded (same model) is the one in the machine now. The RAM is the original RAM, as are the processors.
Mike Rosing wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Santiago Flores wrote:
Hello,
I have a Tyan 2880 with dual 244s running 2.4.21-60-smp, with 8.2b9. It
has 6GB of memory installed. Meminfo (including top) is reporting:
linux:~ # cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 5963087872 830513152 5132574720 0 171417600 446242816
Swap: 6448578560 0 6448578560
MemTotal: 5823328 kB
MemFree: 5012280 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 167400 kB
Cached: 435784 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 115144 kB
Inactive: 488112 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 5823328 kB
LowFree: 5012280 kB
SwapTotal: 6297440 kB
SwapFree: 6297440 kB
BigFree: 0 kB
Since installing memory about 4GB I have to boot with iommu=force. Also,
the machine hung after being up for two days without any error (that I
have been able to find so far). The BIOS version is 2.02 (latest).
Any ideas on what is happening with the memory and how I can fix/take
care of the reporting error? I think that it may be related to the hang
as the machine was stable for 6mths+ with 4GB of RAM.
Santiago,
You are definitly pushing the limits of technology! My bet is the new ram
is either getting too hot or is not the same speed as your original ram.
Try adding fans and moving the ram chips around to different slots. I'm
not sure what will work - I'm just jelous you've got such a nice toy!!
Good luck - I suspect it's not a trivial problem. But it might be easy to
fix.
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
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Santiago Flores
Sr. Systems Administrator
Iqdirection.com
santiago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
480-560-3151
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