[CentOS] beeps and a slow boot

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2014, Pete Travis wrote:
>
>> Asus and the like don't make BIOS, they get it from AMI or Phoenix or
>> whatever.  It will usually say in POST screens or in the setup itself;
>> failing that, it  might be etched on the chip itself.
>
> Thanks.  That enabled me to find
> http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm
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> The beep codes say memory.
> I ran memtest86 overnight and it passed.
> That said, I'm not sure how good memtest86 is.
> Could you suggest a memory test program that might find
> in a few hours what POST found in less than two minutes?
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1. How many processors on the m/b? I don't mean cores....
2. If 1, take out *all* DIMMS but one, and boot. then add them back in.

      mark "no, no, I've never done it on that Dell server last Wed...."