People,
See inline responses to three replies:
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:22:23 +0930
From: Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au>
On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 14:12 +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> It sort of looks like a RAM problem to me but ALL the SIMMS can't be
> faulty
Well, they can... When it comes to recycling, all bets are off,
particularly if nobody took anti-static precautions while handling the
parts.
I haven't had that sort of bad SIMM frequency before but it is possible
I guess . .
But, for the sake of a simple thing to try, I'd try cleaning the
contacts in the RAM sockets, and the on the RAM sticks, with electrical
contact cleaner and lubricant. Likewise, for other plug-in cards.
OK, I will try that when I am on site again in a week or so.
If you have another power supply to try, substitute it.
Yep, did that with a new (current) PS - crashed on bootup . .
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:48:37 +0200
From: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de>
On 08/31/2014 06:12 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
>
> I have been trying to build a usable PC out of old - but previously
> unused hardware (motherboards, CPUs, RAM, 80GB Seagate disks, power
> supplies) - but whatever combination I use I continually get core
> dumps
> - I have reinstalled on numerous occasions and sometimes the PC works
> for hours without a problem and then fails - but quite frequently it
> fails on bootup! I have tried with 2G RAM but that had problems so I
> went back to 1G thinking that one SIMM might be faulty but no
> combination works for any reasonable length of time.
Which CPU are you using? Unless it's a hardware defect somewhere, I'm
inclined to believe you could be trying to run an incompatible kernel.
Hmmm . . that MB is for Socket478 processors and I definitely installed
the 32 bit F20 (LiveCD install) - how could it be incompatible? Would
F20 64bit even install?
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:48:40 -0700
From: Tod Merley <todbot88(a)gmail.com>
Yes, I think a HW list along with the SW being tried would likely prove
helpful here.
OK, that will have to wait till I can get back on site again too - of
course my remote ssh connection doesn't work now because of another
crash - I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did!
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Ralf Corsepius
<rc040203(a)freenet.de>
wrote:
> On 08/31/2014 06:12 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>
>> People,
>>
>> I have been trying to build a usable PC out of old - but previously
>> unused hardware (motherboards, CPUs, RAM, 80GB Seagate disks, power
>> supplies) - but whatever combination I use I continually get core
>> dumps
>> - I have reinstalled on numerous occasions and sometimes the PC works
>> for hours without a problem and then fails - but quite frequently it
>> fails on bootup! I have tried with 2G RAM but that had problems so I
>> went back to 1G thinking that one SIMM might be faulty but no
>> combination works for any reasonable length of time.
>>
>
> Which CPU are you using? Unless it's a hardware defect somewhere, I'm
> inclined to believe you could be trying to run an incompatible kernel.
Thanks people - more info to come later!
Regards,
Phil.
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Philip Rhoades
GPO Box 3411
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au