Building a new computer(Solved)
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Mar 14 20:01:15 UTC 2005
Bruce McDonald wrote:
> Hello Rick
>
> On 27-Sep-04, you wrote:
>
>
>>Bruce McDonald wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Rick
>>>
>>>On 23-Sep-04, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>So, I ask any Hardware people here. Do you believe the motherboard
>>>>>would work with registered memory?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm not certain if it will or not. I'm not using registered memory in
>>>>mine and the system seems quite happy. I'd suggest trying non-
>>>>registered, name-brand RAM (Kingston, etc.) first. If you have
>>>>problems, THEN think about the registered stuff. Why spend money you
>>>>don't need to? Just make sure you can return the regular RAM if it
>>>>doesn't work.
>
>
>>>I figure that some of the problems I am having with my windows box (the
>>>current one) could be due to memory problems. I was thinking that maybe
>>>registered memory would alleviate those. Of course, it could be solved
>>>with XP. I don't think I would have worried about it if the machine was
>>>only going to run Linux.
>
>
>>>Maybe I will try it your suggested way and save some money.
>>>Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>
>>First things first, Bruce. Boot the first CD in the Fedora set and run
>>memtest86 to verify that your RAM is good.
>
>
>>By the way, the Opteron motherboard I have is the Asus K8V-SE, not the
>>A8V.
>
>
> Sorry, this thread got forgotten in the Christmas rush and extended
> traveling. I wish to add the summation now and close the dangling thread.
Yeah, we were wondering if you fell off the planet or something. :-)
>
> The motherboard and cpu are running fine with non-registered memory, so no
> problem there.
> Thank you all for your input on this, especially Rick (yep, saved some money
> on that).
Glad to hear that.
> My largest problem ended up being a malfunctioning motherboard, which was
> replaced; and I ended up getting a 450W power supply to be sure I had
> enough power all around.
Good deal. As Tim Allen would say, "More POWER! Ar! Ar!".
> I have downloaded Fedora Core 3 64 bit, and need to burn the cds yet. I am
> excited about trying it out, now I just need enough time to do it.
It's quite cool, Bruce. However, one word of warning: Many companies
(most notably MacroMedia--you know, Flash) don't have 64-bit plugins for
the browser yet. You may want to install the 32-bit Mozilla/Firefox/-
Thunderbird stuff so you can use the available plugins.
> Thank you all again.
"That's what we're here for!" (c)2005 Red Hat Install List
:-)
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