fedora 10 is not booting wen i am using 1.5 gb ram

[balumohan2]

hi..i am using fedora10..my pc config is(intel 915series borad,1.5gb ram(1gb+512),256 Nvidia grafics card)

my problem is,wen i am using this 1.5 gb ram i cant use fedoara...after entering the username and password the pc become hang....i cant do anything

but wen itried to boot after removing the 512 ram..its booting...both ram havin the same processing speed..

can anyone help me to solve this problem

[Roxoff]

You have probably got a faulty memory chip. Get hold of a fedora install disk (or pretty much any Linux distribution install disk), boot up off of it and select the memtest86 option. It'll take some time to run but it will confirm if your memory is broken or not.

[balumohan2]

thanx for ur reply......but sory 4 disturbing u again.......

m new with linux ...i dont knw how to do this memory check...if u dont mind can u please explain me the steps!!!

[balumohan2]

and m having one more doubt.....is this problem having any relation with Dual channel memory bus.
2 identical memory chips for (slot 1 and 3, 2 and 4)..
pls reply

[Roxoff]

m new with linux ...i dont knw how to do this memory check...if u dont mind can u please explain me the steps!!!

memtest86 isn't a Linux tool - it's a memory testing utility. If you have a proprietary operating system install disk, there should also be a version on that.

The steps are simple:

- put the disk into your cd or dvd drive
- boot up off the disk (you may need to make a change in your BIOS or operate a boot up choice menu, depending on your system)
- find the option that allows you to test your memory and select it
- leave until it's done and check any errors.

Can I also ask another thing of you. Communication on this site is exclusively in English, so can you please avoid using 'txt tlk'. We have lots of users who's first language isn't English, and being clear in what you post can be quite important.

[balumohan2]

thanx roxoff....i will check this and inform you the result...
from now onwards i left 'txt tlk' here....

[balumohan2]

hi....i tried the momory test...after finishing the test it shows that "pass complete,no errors"...but now also i am getting the same boot up problem

[balumohan2]

hi roxoff...i tried memory test successfully.....but now also i am having the same problem.....
my pc configuration is
board-intel 915GWA
processor- pentium 4 2.33GHZ
memory-1gb strontium+512mb hynix
any one please help me

[valemon]

Try switching ram positions, also try to boot only with the 512 stick to see what happens.

[balumohan2]

hi valemon.....i already mentioned that its successfully booting when i am removing any one of the memory.....