> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of John Summerfield > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:23 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Fun with CentOS and Windows > > Is it supposed to be dual channel - typically in my limited experience > you have four RAM slots in two pairs. If you have two equal-sized sticks > of RAM, they should be in same-coloured sockets. > That explains it. > Dunno. Unless you get better advice, look for a BIOS upgrade. It doesn't > look good. Doesn't seem to affect the system, but I'll keep eyes on it. > It's not the screen, I'm sure of that:-) You could try various vga/vesa > framebuffer drivers, they might work. > Not sure what that means. > You could also try booting with VGA=794 (VGA791 if that doesn't work). > It might not help X (but it might), but if it works, you will have very > nice virtual consoles: I get 160x64 on my laptop. > Ok.... > Backup the data (Knoppix helps here, or simply find the NTFS tools), and > reinstall Windows. DO NOT reformat the partition, and do have a rescue > disk for Linux handy:-) > > Hopefully, Windows will sort itself out. > I'll pick it up under vmware once I have larger screens. Meanwhile, the data is accessible and relatively safe. > Windows is definitely off-topic, and I've given too much advice already. > But I thank you from the bottom of my cold, cold heart anyway. :-)