I have 2 computers which are utilizing ASUS motherboards (P4C800 Deluxe & P4C800-E Deluxe) both of which will give a constant system speaker BEEPING sound when I try to either run the Live CD or install any version of Ubuntu at and above Feisty. This also occurs if I try to use the ALTERNATE CD version of either Feisty or Gutsy. I can install either Dapper or Edgy on both of these machines with no such problem.
What I had to wind up doing was to go into BIOS and disable the ECC memory setting. As soon as I did that, I can run or install either version just fine, i.e. no BEEPING.
I also have 2 other computers one of which has an ASUS P4G8X Deluxe motherboard and the other one having an MSI MS-6341 motherboard. Both of these machines are capable of running ECC memory, which I AM doing. But on both of these machines I do NOT have to disable the ECC memory setting in order to run Ubuntu Feisty or Gutsy.
The only possible reason that I can think of that may explain this difference is that the machines with the P4C800 motherboards are dual channel whereas the other 2 older motherboard machines are not.
Does anyone have a feeling as to whether the DUAL CHANNEL is the root cause of this problem or does it lay elsewhere and if so, any ideas as to what it might be.
Is it possible that there is something that needs to be corrected in the kernel that is being used in the Feisty and Gutsy versions ?
I have posed this question on the Ubuntu forums but so far I have had a lot of views but no takers.
Thanks.
What I had to wind up doing was to go into BIOS and disable the ECC memory setting. As soon as I did that, I can run or install either version just fine, i.e. no BEEPING.
I also have 2 other computers one of which has an ASUS P4G8X Deluxe motherboard and the other one having an MSI MS-6341 motherboard. Both of these machines are capable of running ECC memory, which I AM doing. But on both of these machines I do NOT have to disable the ECC memory setting in order to run Ubuntu Feisty or Gutsy.
The only possible reason that I can think of that may explain this difference is that the machines with the P4C800 motherboards are dual channel whereas the other 2 older motherboard machines are not.
Does anyone have a feeling as to whether the DUAL CHANNEL is the root cause of this problem or does it lay elsewhere and if so, any ideas as to what it might be.
Is it possible that there is something that needs to be corrected in the kernel that is being used in the Feisty and Gutsy versions ?
I have posed this question on the Ubuntu forums but so far I have had a lot of views but no takers.
Thanks.