adding memory to my laptop causes subsequent f9a installs to fail

[Robin Laing]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Fulko Hew wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>>>   until now, i've test installed f9a several times on a gateway laptop
>>>  with 512M of RAM.  after adding another 1G of DDR 400 RAM, every
>>>  install attempt ends up hanging somewhere -- checking SW dependencies,
>>>  formatting the root filesystem, and the latest 300+ packages into the
>>>  install.
>>>
>>>   is there something about extra memory that f9a just doesn't like?
>> You may want to consider trying an install with only the 1G stick
>> installed replacing the existing 512M (if possible) instead of
>> simply adding the additional memory... and seeing what happens
>> during an install.
> 
> as a progress report, i returned the "A-data" brand DDR memory i had
> earlier, and got a more expensive "corsair" brand chip -- still 1G
> DDR1.  popped that in, tried an install of f9a (x86_64) on my gateway
> laptop, but it still hung (although it did at least get into the
> package installation phase, which is further than i got with the
> earlier memory most of the time.)
> 
> so i'm trying the same thing a second time to see if that's
> reproducible.  if this continues to fail, i guess i can try the most
> expensive "kingston" brand, but i'm starting to think it's not the
> quality of the memory -- there has to be something else happening
> here.
> 
> and i'm open to any debugging advice.
> 
> rday
> --

I just got my new desktop and when I went to order the RAM for the 
motherboard I wanted, I found that I had a very limited selection.  I 
ended up with Corsair and it was recommended on the corsair web site.

I would be tempted to check the memory on the corsair WWW site for 
compatibility and also check for conflicts between the two memory modules.

I would be more tempted to get two 1gig modules or better yet a 2gig 
module if your motherboard will support it.  Make sure it is 
manufacturer recommended for our system.

Before I searched for manufacturer recommended memory, I thought all 
memory was the same for all systems that met the specs.  I was wrong 
after I read the forums about problems between motherboards and memory 
brands.

-- 
Robin Laing