[CentOS] beeps and a slow boot

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2014, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> 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
>> <snip>
>>> 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?
>> <snip>
>> 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.
>
> Could you suggest memory test software that might find
> in a few hours what POST found in less than two minutes?
>
> If (more likley when) I crack the case,
> I'll try the above program after reseating.

Sorry, don't have one. But since POST finds it - doesn't it tell you? -
crack the case, and start removing memory. Make sure you don't have a
static charge, though unless you're somewhere cold, or the a/c's set to
cryogenic, you shouldn't have a charge, and just carefully take out DIMMs
from the (one?) bank, and rePOST.

         mark