Partitioning problem

[mawkernewek]

It might be that it is 667Mhz memory and my laptop may only be able to cope with 533Mhz.

I think I was confused when I looked it up since there are many different models of A100 Satellite and may have made a mistake.

[mingus725]

Originally Posted by mawkernewek

What I don't understand is why they pass when each is tested on their own but fail when both are in at the same time.

You said before that "so far" each stick is OK - I took that to mean that you have not finished the individual tests. If in fact you get all the way through the 9 tests on each stick but no error, but you get errors on the pair, then the sticks may be mismatched or the mobo doesn't like the setup.

Same make/model? Same specs? When you added the new stick, did you check the bios config? - the config may reset with a new stick, and would probably use the SPD, but that can be misread. So be sure that the timings are what they are supposed to be, and that must be within spec on both sticks. Make sure the voltage is right, too. Sometimes mobo's are very sensitive about RAM.

I take it you had 1 stick, added a second? So, is the board dual-channel? Does that need to be configured somehow? If the board has more than one pair of channels, sure you have both sticks together in the right pair of slots?

[mingus725]

Originally Posted by mawkernewek

It might be that it is 667Mhz memory and my laptop may only be able to cope with 533Mhz.

I think I was confused when I looked it up since there are many different models of A100 Satellite and may have made a mistake.

Usually the faster RAM can run at the lower speed. If the sticks were outside the <range> the chipset supports, most likely the DIMM's would have a diff nbr of pins and not fit. Check the bios config - it may be reading the SPD and misconfiguring what the chipset can support. See the clock and the timings manually.

If you mismatched the sticks, a 667 with a 533, usually it will work is the faster one is under-clocked to match the slower. Again, try the bios.

[mawkernewek]

Both the sticks are the same model and specs.

I can't seem to see any settings for memory in the BIOS. When it boots I get "press f2 for System Utilities" which brings me to PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility. However there is nothing there to specify settings for memory.

[mawkernewek]

Back to the filesystem problems, I did the steps you suggested, and now df displays about 80MB available.

However, the partition table is still unreadable so I cannot create any new partitions or resize existing ones.

I am fully backed up onto my external drive so I think I will have to erase the disk and start again.