L7VTA 1.0 - Memory problems?

A strange problem has appeared on my machine this evening and it's
bugging me.

Setup is:

L7VTA V1.0
AMD Athlon 2400 (1.99ghz)
2x256 PC2700 DDR RAM

When I now power on or reset the machine, it goes into the usual start
sequence of:

Diplays video card make/model
Displays BIOS Version
Displays CPU type

then it displays the word "Memory:" and then waits a full 30 seconds
before it decides that the memory is ok. I've tried it with the Quick
POST enabled and disabled. As you would expect, the wait is twice as
long with the Quick POST disabled.

Am I missing something here? Will the memory have developed a fault
and if so, why does it decide that it's ok after waiting so long?

Apologies for the silly questions - I'm just so impatient I can't wait
the additional 30 seconds..... :-)

Hope somebody can help me.

Cheers,

Dave.

All PC hobbyists need this utility in their toolbox:
http://www.memtest86.com/

Download the ISO, (go to http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
to get a free plug in that will allow your WinXP system to copy ISO to
CD-Rs), burn it, reboot off the CD, and let it test. If you get through a
few passes with no errors, it's not the memory.

Note: if you try to browse the CD in Windows you won't see anything, I
believe it is in the Linux file system.

good luck...

"Dave Aston" <> wrote in message
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> A strange problem has appeared on my machine this evening and it's
> bugging me.
>
> Setup is:
>
> L7VTA V1.0
> AMD Athlon 2400 (1.99ghz)
> 2x256 PC2700 DDR RAM
>
> When I now power on or reset the machine, it goes into the usual start
> sequence of:
>
> Diplays video card make/model
> Displays BIOS Version
> Displays CPU type
>
> then it displays the word "Memory:" and then waits a full 30 seconds
> before it decides that the memory is ok. I've tried it with the Quick
> POST enabled and disabled. As you would expect, the wait is twice as
> long with the Quick POST disabled.
>
> Am I missing something here? Will the memory have developed a fault
> and if so, why does it decide that it's ok after waiting so long?
>
> Apologies for the silly questions - I'm just so impatient I can't wait
> the additional 30 seconds..... :-)
>
> Hope somebody can help me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.