Building a new computer(Solved)

[Rick Stevens]

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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