I’ll have to check the BIOS

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December 3, 2010 at 11:59 am #2652
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    I’ll have to check the BIOS version when I get home from work.  I was thinking about upgrading it but I think the 8GB of Mushkin memory is going to work out.  If it continues to work I probably won’t do anything with the BIOS if I can avoid it.

    I had tried to run MemTest86 with the Mushkin installed but it hung up right away.  I was originally using version MemTest86 version 3.5 and I found that there was a newer version 3.5a posted the day after I initially downloaded it.  Unfortunately, I got the same results using 3.5a with both the single CPU setup and the experimental multiple CPU options.

    I noticed on the memTest86 main menu that there was an option to run the older version 3.4 so I decided to give it a try.  This time it ran without a problem, at least up through test 06 where I had to terminate it to get the extenders back online.  This makes me think the latest versions of MemTest86 still have a few bugs.  Either that or it doesn’t like my motherboard and memory combination.

    In any case I seem to be back up and running.  I’ll let you know it goes after the weekend.