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Ärende: Re: Vista should only be used with ECC memory?
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From: "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com>
> It's a desktop with a E6600 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo and 2 gig ram.
Cool, that should be even faster than my 5 month old Pentium 930 with 2GB RAM.
You will get used to dual core pretty quickly.
>I've already bled in the case though - usually a good sign as a sacrifice
>to the computer gods. <g>
So was it the kind that you bleed all over everything before you noticed the
cut. (that's the best way. <g>)
I knuckled under on my 930, I actually got a Dell...
--
Bob Comer
"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45393d33$1@w3.nls.net...
> It's a desktop with a E6600 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo and 2 gig ram. That's if I
> don't break anything assembling it. I've already bled in the case though -
> usually a good sign as a sacrifice to the computer gods. <g>
>
>
>
> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:4539202e@w3.nls.net...
>>> Thanks. I may install it anyway as I just purchased the components for a
>>> core 2 duo system and I need to really stress the mb, cpu and memory
>>> before I install a stable OS on it. <g>
>>
>> Virtual machines...
>>
>> How much RAM and is it a laptop version of the CPU?
>>
>>> You probably just found one of the 1,400 bugs that RC2 shipped with.
>>
>> It's not an acknowledged bug by them, but I think it may be a symptom of
>> something that may be.
>>
>>> Hopefully that will be fixed when an RTM of 500 ( or less ) known bugs
>>> ships
>>
>> I doubt it. :(
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:45391a3c@w3.nls.net...
>>> Thanks. I may install it anyway as I just purchased the components for a
>>> core 2 duo system and I need to really stress the mb, cpu and memory
>>> before I install a stable OS on it. <g>
>>>
>>> You probably just found one of the 1,400 bugs that RC2 shipped with.
>>>
>>> Hopefully that will be fixed when an RTM of 500 ( or less ) known bugs
>>> ships
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>> news:45390f6f@w3.nls.net...
>>>> >I just saw some posts/responses on the
>>>> >Microsoft.public.vista.installation_setup forum that said RC2 wouldn't
>>>> >install on less than 512. Of course the guy attempting the
>>>> >installation had only 256 mb but was able to install Vista under an
>>>> >earlier beta but not RC2.
>>>>
>>>> What can I say, I've installed it in less than 512M...
>>>>
>>>>> I just did an msdn dl of RC2 last night and haven't attempted anything
>>>>> with it yet.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I'd bother if I were you, it's not a real good quality
>>>> build and RTM is coming soon. I can BSOD or lockup me new Pentium 930
>>>> machine just by moving the mouse during boot. (and that's just the
>>>> start of the problems.)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:4538f3fc$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>>>I just saw some posts/responses on the
>>>>>Microsoft.public.vista.installation_setup forum that said RC2 wouldn't
>>>>>install on less than 512. Of course the guy attempting the installation
>>>>>had only 256 mb but was able to install Vista under an earlier beta but
>>>>>not RC2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just did an msdn dl of RC2 last night and haven't attempted anything
>>>>> with it yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4538e7e7@w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Vista RC2 won't even install if your memory is less than 500 mb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not a true statement, 512M is just the recommended. I've
>>>>>> installed it in less. I wouldn't want to run it regularly in less,
>>>>>> but it does work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The 512M story came about because of a bug a few builds back...
>>>>>> (6-months ago)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and many of the recommendations I've seen lately for Vista are 1 gig
>>>>>>> minimum, 2 gig comfortable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It depends on what you want to do and the GUI you want to run.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:4538e2e8$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Vista RC2 won't even install if your memory is less than 500 mb and
>>>>>>> many of the recommendations I've seen lately for Vista are 1 gig
>>>>>>> minimum, 2 gig comfortable. I think that rules out a good portion of
>>>>>>> the computers currently out there. Microsoft's ECC recommendation
>>>>>>> was for the system builders and new Vista hardware. I doubt they
>>>>>>> care about upgrades of older hardware
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4538d134$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>> Most computers today aren't even setup to run with ECC so putting
>>>>>>>> ECC memory in one of these computers either wouldn't provide ECC
>>>>>>>> benefit or would keep the computer from even booting. Isn't this
>>>>>>>> correct?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Funny, it used to be that all motherboards were ECC memory, then
>>>>>>>> windows 95 came in and suddenly all motherboards were non-ECC. Now
>>>>>>>> a new version of windows wants to go back to ECC?? Why did we ever
>>>>>>>> leave ECC to begin with? Was it to keep windows 95 from crashing
>>>>>>>> left and right?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4538c60c$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>> It would be a good thing if all memory were ECC ( overclocking
>>>>>>>>> gamers would hate it though). I doubt many of the low to mid end
>>>>>>>>> system builders will use ECC and it will be interesting to see how
>>>>>>>>> much a bad rap Vista gets due to flacky memory
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Mike N." <mike@u-spam-u-die.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:1obhj21b1g6bf2mpfv5f7njef031uls63v@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:54:12 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>>>>>>> <gauszka@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Nearly two years ago I met with Jim Allchin, co-President
>>>>>>>>>>>Platforms and
>>>>>>>>>>>Services Division at Microsoft who headed the Vista development
>>>>>>>>>>>effort, and
>>>>>>>>>>>Jim said Vista should only be used with ECC memory. Virtually
>>>>>>>>>>>every OEM had
>>>>>>>>>>>a fit and PR folks piled on Jim so he wouldn't say that anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>However, my
>>>>>>>>>>>own experience with Vista suggests he may have been right.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ahhh ... the wisdom of the pajama consultant!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Vista uses memory aggressively and if there is a memory error it
>>>>>>>>>> will blue
>>>>>>>>>> screen."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And what OS wouldn't blue screen? It must be that Vista is
>>>>>>>>>> accessing
>>>>>>>>>> memory in different patterns that escaped previous usage and
>>>>>>>>>> testing
>>>>>>>>>> patterns. This is like the old OS/2 days where OS/2 was the bad
>>>>>>>>>> guy
>>>>>>>>>> because it tested all the RAM on the PC and crashed left and
>>>>>>>>>> right.
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