I have problems with my acer aspire M1201. I have added a 2GB RAM beside the 1GB stock RAM. Currently I have reformatted my stock Hitachi HDD 160GB and I have added another HDD in which it is a Samsung 500GB HDD SATA drive. I have successfully installed GNU/Linux Opensuse 11.2 OS in the new harddrive (Samsung). Besides all that, the other specifications are all stock. After 2 days of successful runs in the new OS and no problems at all, the OS hangs and fails to boot and displays this, Error 18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. I should mention also that while setting screensaver, when I chose OpenGL, the OS hangs and i have to hard-reset my pc. I suspect that the current BIOS version which is R03-B1 and product name ACRA8000-S03-990610-R03-B1 needed update due to new hardware. But currently there is no new downloads in Acer’s website regarding my BIOS version. What should I do to run my Linux successfully? I should also mention that I haven’t logged to the internet due to unsuccessful dialer which i have consulted my internet service provider and yet to rectify.
Sounds like the GRUB bootloader got corrupted. Have you tried a repair using the install DVD?
nop. ill try that. Thanks!
Also sound like that new hard drive just died. It happens.
I did the repair using DVD. 0S/2 memory hole test fails, HPET configuration test fails, CPU frequency scaling tests fails. And using expert test, during repair file system, only 1 HDD appears.
What should i do??
Ok be sure the memory is seated well and correctly and it meets the specs of the computer. If you now have 3 stick in the machine be warned that most motherboards do not support that. You can have 1 2 or 4 sticks you can not have 3.
Also check that cabling but I suspect it is the memory. Consult the DOCs of you motherboard.
If u mean i cannot have 3 chips then I think i got it right thr. i have 1 2GB and 1 1GB.
maybe my memory is faulty?
Are you sure they are in the right slots? You can not match 2gig to 1 gig either. Assuming the MB has 4 slots for memory. You usually need to pair the memory. On most boards you will see that the slots are different colors 2 one color two another. Put one stick in one color and the other in the other color. But you really should consult the documentation for the mother board since the rules can be different for different MBs.
My motherboard has 4 slots but the 2 of it doesnt have the pins on them. So im using only 2 slots which is 3GB in total. But why is BIOS sometimes are unable to detect my harddisk. I can’t reinstall opensuse using the installation CD. what is wrong here?
Im trying to format both my harddisk totally using ultimate boot cd probably. or do u have any suggestions for formatting ?
or is it because of hardware?
Box: openSUSE 11.2 | (KDE4.3.1 “release 6”) | Acer R03-B1 motherboard | AMD64 X2 5600+ | ATi Radeon HD 4670 | 3GB RAM
Odd. Most MBs require that the banks be filled out with ram the same size. So since you only have one bank each stick must be the same size. So you have a choice buy another 2gig stick giving you 4 gig, buy a 1 gig stick giving you a total of 2 gig or remove the one gig stick and run with just the 2 gig. You can not run with one 1 gig and one 2 gig in the same bank.
:’(
That was ages ago. These days this is possible: 1x512, 1x1024, 1x2048, this is in a 5 year old machine, uptime 612 days.
But I do think too, the problem is in the RAM. If memtest fails, stop all other things, fix that first.
My previous post warned that the Mother board doc’s should be read. The features on MBs can vary greatly. Only Docs will tell you what you can and cannot install. Just because yours will accept multiple sizes does not mean all can. But you are right memory issues must be addressed before you do anything else.
I’ve tried running with only 2 gig and still the same problem still exist. Shud i mention dat during times when my pc detects my primary hd, n i tried to do a repair with opensuse installation cd, it states many errors during
system check. 1 of them is while installing kernel modules for file system support - loading failed for kernel modules : ntfs - Problem at ic. And another 1 is unable to detect linux partition (which is in my primary hd).
After i reboot, BIOS only detects 1 hd which is my secondary hd which didn’t have the opensuse in it.
I’m out of my mind here. Help me ! 
Box: openSUSE 11.2 | (KDE4.3.1 “release 6”) | Acer R03-B1 motherboard | AMD64 X2 5600+ | ATi Radeon HD 4670 | 3GB RAM
Did you run the memory check on the 2 gig stick. That is the new one right? Did you check the 1 gig stick?
Did you find the docs for your motherboard? The memory must test good before you can do anything else.
On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:26:01 GMT, gogalthorp <gogalthorp@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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>Are you sure they are in the right slots? You can not match 2gig to 1
>gig either. Assuming the MB has 4 slots for memory. You usually need to
>pair the memory. On most boards you will see that the slots are
>different colors 2 one color two another. Put one stick in one color and
>the other in the other color. But you really should consult the
>documentation for the mother board since the rules can be different for
>different MBs.
Some mobos pair with like colors. Read The Mobo Instructions!
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:06:01 GMT, Knurpht <Knurpht@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>gogalthorp;2117777 Wrote:
>> Odd. Most MBs require that the banks be filled out with ram the same
>> size. So since you only have one bank each stick must be the same size.
>> So you have a choice buy another 2gig stick giving you 4 gig, buy a 1
>> gig stick giving you a total of 2 gig or remove the one gig stick and
>> run with just the 2 gig. You can not run with one 1 gig and one 2 gig in
>> the same bank.
>> :’(
>
>That was ages ago. These days this is possible: 1x512, 1x1024, 1x2048,
>this is in a 5 year old machine, uptime 612 days.
>
>But I do think too, the problem is in the RAM. If memtest fails, stop
>all other things, fix that first.
Actually it came back, mostly to “dual bank” ram. (an interleave operation)
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:36:02 GMT, izaak86 <izaak86@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
>I’ve tried running with only 2 gig and still the same problem still
>exist. Shud i mention dat during times when my pc detects my primary
>hd, n i tried to do a repair with opensuse installation cd, it states
>many errors during
>system check. 1 of them is while installing kernel modules for file
>system support - loading failed for kernel modules : ntfs - Problem at
>ic. And another 1 is unable to detect linux partition (which is in my
>primary hd).
>
>After i reboot, BIOS only detects 1 hd which is my secondary hd which
>didn’t have the opensuse in it.
>
>I’m out of my mind here. Help me !
>
>Box: openSUSE 11.2 | (KDE4.3.1 “release 6”) | Acer R03-B1 motherboard |
>AMD64 X2 5600+ | ATi Radeon HD 4670 | 3GB RAM
A Clobbered partition table can be repaired with the CLI tool parted. You
MUST Carefully Read the documentation FIRST.