Re: LUG: FC2, Dell GX280 4GB of memory - Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:58:24 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: FC2, Dell GX280 4GB of memory

From : Mark Hamrick <mmhamric@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:58:24 -0500

Hello everyone,

It turned out to be the USB controller. Once I turned it off, things
came up quite well.

So I now have all of the memory up, and being recognized.

Thanks,
Mark

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 07:40, Brian Fields wrote:
> I had a Compaq box that I had to type a
> mem=4GB
>
> line at the boot prompt. Symptoms were very similar, the box would hang
> on boot without it. You can also insert it as a boot spec. into LILO or
> GRUB.
> http://www.cpqlinux.com/memory.html
>
> Brian.
>
> Mark Hamrick wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have a Dell with 4GB of memory. I have successfully installed FC2 on
> > it, but when I reboot, the USB mouse and keyboard are lost, and the
> > machine hangs. There are no PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports on the machine.
> >
> > If I reduce the memory down to 2GB, the machine will function. At 3GB
> > or 4GB, the machine hangs on boot. I am using a SMP kernel.
> >
> > Anyone got a clue on this one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> >