Re: 1GB ram problems?

[Brad <brad_(_at_)_comstyle_(_dot_)_com>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 12:56:20PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote:
> STeve Andre' wrote:
> >Despite what you're thinking, you have bad memory.  Get memtest and
> >run it for a solid day if you have to.  If 512M works but 1G doesn't, you
> >have a hardware problem.  I've been running with 1G for two years on
> >-current systems with no problems.
> 
> As an exception, I have a Compaq 1850R that won't boot OpenBSD if I have 
> a memory module in the third slot.  It works fine in NT4, haven't tried 
> other OSs.

1850R's are problematic with memory period. I had 1850R's that were in the
opposite situation. I could not boot Windoze but I could boot OpenBSD.