Building a new computer(Solved)

[Bruce McDonald]

Hello Rick

On 14-Mar-05, you wrote:

> 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. :-)

Sort of....  I fell into the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett.  Between
them, work, configuring this new machine, and setting the old one up for my
wife; I sort of got behind in e-mail.

>> 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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Regards,
Bruce McDonald