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vaibhavlohar198
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‎03-03-2014 04:54 AM
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Esxi installation issue

Hi ,

I am installing Esxi-5.0 on i3 system .

Previously this system was 4 GB RAM and now we have upgraded to 8GB x 2 = 16 GB

After upgrading the RAM I am unable to install Esxi .

I started the installation ----->Boot from CD------->after first screen , it is stucked @ starting VMkernel initialization.....

And system get hang.

Please help.....

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ClintColding
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‎03-03-2014 06:02 AM
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To test the memory you can use Memtest: http://www.memtest.org/

You may also have a corrupt ESXi install image, however if you have successfully installed with the disk before that's probably not your issue.

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EV_Simon
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‎03-03-2014 05:17 AM
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Have you run any memory diagnostics to see if the ram is faulty?

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vaibhavlohar198
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‎03-03-2014 05:47 AM
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No ..

I am new in vmware , please let me know how we can determine same...

Please ..

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ClintColding
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‎03-03-2014 06:02 AM
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To test the memory you can use Memtest: http://www.memtest.org/

You may also have a corrupt ESXi install image, however if you have successfully installed with the disk before that's probably not your issue.

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EV_Simon
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‎03-03-2014 06:04 AM
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It's not VMware thing, you need to get some tools to run a memory check on the ram (I have always used the  Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool)

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