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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu!not-for-mail From: gblackm@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Thomas B Blackman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Memory making sounds. Date: 11 Sep 1995 13:37:00 -0500 Organization: Educational Computing Network Lines: 33 Message-ID: <431vkc$n5v@ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu Ok, I know is sounds weird but its true. I have a friend running 2.0.5 release and he gets a strange sound coming off the motherboard. Listening closely its sounds like its coming from the memory banks and sounds like a scratching sound. This problem mainly happens when he is compiling something. Has anyone experienced something similar? Its kinda weird to listen to. We have tried all sorts ideas so isolate the sound, and we cant figure it out. As far as we can tell, its the memory. As for the computer, its a p90 with 24megs, old intel board (forgot the model). Its not a triton. I have never seen another machine do this. My machine nor none of the other users here have that same problem. (if it is a problem) and he is kinda scared of runnin BSD until he can come up with something. The funny thing is that it doesnt happen under linux, and yes, the memory is good. Even tried different chips from another machine, same problem. Any help that could be given would be much appreciated, he wants to run BSD, but doesnt want to hurt his computer. Thanks... TB -----------------------------Thomas Blackman-------------------------------- * gblackm@bgu.edu Systems Administrator * * blackm@ssax.com System Software Associates * * Face_@irc The "Faceman" * ----------------------"What about that Tower?" -Wedge-----------------------