Comments on: Be Wary of a Bad Memory Module http://coreythompson.com/2008/08/be-wary-of-a-bad-memory-module/ ...but I'm right! Get yer historical hero clay figurines now! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:59:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: MrCorey http://coreythompson.com/2008/08/be-wary-of-a-bad-memory-module/comment-page-1/#comment-3828 MrCorey Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:46:48 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=1103#comment-3828 Yeah, I know what you mean. I've only found that using ccache and the --parallel-fetch flag are useful. They do cut the compile in 1/2 for portage upgrades. But, I don't know if Gentoo is worthy of this machine. I may have to skip Linux in favor of FreeBSD. :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3828','MrCorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3828','MrCorey','Yeah, I know what you mean. I\'ve only found that using ccache and the --parallel-fetch flag are useful. They do cut the compile in 1\/2 for portage upgrades. But, I don\'t know if Gentoo is worthy of this machine. I may have to skip Linux in favor of FreeBSD. :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve only found that using ccache and the –parallel-fetch flag are useful. They do cut the compile in 1/2 for portage upgrades. But, I don’t know if Gentoo is worthy of this machine. I may have to skip Linux in favor of FreeBSD. :)
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]]> By: devin http://coreythompson.com/2008/08/be-wary-of-a-bad-memory-module/comment-page-1/#comment-3827 devin Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:12:53 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=1103#comment-3827 This is great news, Corey! I wish the thought of faulty memory had crossed my mind after your first attempt to get your new machine up and running but instead I was perplexed and confused by these so called IDE / Sata errors. So the power of SATA is now with you! Its neat to know that your new machine is essentially 2.5 times more powerful than your old 1 GHZ computer because the 2500+ means it is equivelent to a 2.5 GHZ pentium 3 or 4 machine. Talk about an upgrade! I'm sure once you have the 3GM of memory you will be installing Gentoo as well to see how fast things work. Make some notes when you install so I can gain from your experience. Though I think the RAM trick is a little bit gimmicky. The real time that one faces in dealing with any of these distributions is the configuring and troubleshooting aspect. I've never used any tricks to compile faster in Gentoo and it has never been an issue.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3827','devin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3827','devin','This is great news, Corey! I wish the thought of faulty memory had crossed my mind after your first attempt to get your new machine up and running but instead I was perplexed and confused by these so called IDE \/ Sata errors. So the power of SATA is now with you! Its neat to know that your new machine is essentially 2.5 times more powerful than your old 1 GHZ computer because the 2500+ means it is equivelent to a 2.5 GHZ pentium 3 or 4 machine. Talk about an upgrade! \r\n\r\nI\'m sure once you have the 3GM of memory you will be installing Gentoo as well to see how fast things work. Make some notes when you install so I can gain from your experience. Though I think the RAM trick is a little bit gimmicky. The real time that one faces in dealing with any of these distributions is the configuring and troubleshooting aspect. I\'ve never used any tricks to compile faster in Gentoo and it has never been an issue.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This is great news, Corey! I wish the thought of faulty memory had crossed my mind after your first attempt to get your new machine up and running but instead I was perplexed and confused by these so called IDE / Sata errors. So the power of SATA is now with you! Its neat to know that your new machine is essentially 2.5 times more powerful than your old 1 GHZ computer because the 2500+ means it is equivelent to a 2.5 GHZ pentium 3 or 4 machine. Talk about an upgrade!

I’m sure once you have the 3GM of memory you will be installing Gentoo as well to see how fast things work. Make some notes when you install so I can gain from your experience. Though I think the RAM trick is a little bit gimmicky. The real time that one faces in dealing with any of these distributions is the configuring and troubleshooting aspect. I’ve never used any tricks to compile faster in Gentoo and it has never been an issue.

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]]> By: MrCorey http://coreythompson.com/2008/08/be-wary-of-a-bad-memory-module/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 MrCorey Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:02 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=1103#comment-3826 I got a different stick of RAM and things went swimmingly! So, now, instead of an aging P-III 1000mhz computer, running with a 66Mhz ATA controller (UDMA4/PIO4), I am now running an Athlon XP2500+ (@ stock speed for now - 1.83Ghz) with PC3200 RAM and ATA133 IDE (UDMA6) as well as SATA RAID. There's also room for the neat aftermarket cooler that my bro sent with the setup without the need to do a bit of "creative surgery". So, now I just have to source out some really cheap 1GB sticks of PC3200 so I can fill it witht he 3GB that it can handle (can we say compiling in RAM?).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3826','MrCorey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3826','MrCorey','I got a different stick of RAM and things went swimmingly! So, now, instead of an aging P-III 1000mhz computer, running with a 66Mhz ATA controller (UDMA4\/PIO4), I am now running an Athlon XP2500+ (@ stock speed for now - 1.83Ghz) with PC3200 RAM and ATA133 IDE (UDMA6) as well as SATA RAID. There\'s also room for the neat aftermarket cooler that my bro sent with the setup without the need to do a bit of \"creative surgery\". So, now I just have to source out some really cheap 1GB sticks of PC3200 so I can fill it witht he 3GB that it can handle (can we say compiling in RAM?).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I got a different stick of RAM and things went swimmingly! So, now, instead of an aging P-III 1000mhz computer, running with a 66Mhz ATA controller (UDMA4/PIO4), I am now running an Athlon XP2500+ (@ stock speed for now - 1.83Ghz) with PC3200 RAM and ATA133 IDE (UDMA6) as well as SATA RAID. There’s also room for the neat aftermarket cooler that my bro sent with the setup without the need to do a bit of “creative surgery”. So, now I just have to source out some really cheap 1GB sticks of PC3200 so I can fill it witht he 3GB that it can handle (can we say compiling in RAM?).
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]]> By: hari http://coreythompson.com/2008/08/be-wary-of-a-bad-memory-module/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 hari Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:32:35 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=1103#comment-3825 Absolutely agree with you on this one. Years of experience have taught me that RAM is a big nuisance when it comes to random faults.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3825','hari'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3825','hari','Absolutely agree with you on this one. Years of experience have taught me that RAM is a big nuisance when it comes to random faults.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Absolutely agree with you on this one. Years of experience have taught me that RAM is a big nuisance when it comes to random faults.
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