Intel G31M/ES2L , Hard locking problems with this mainboard on 8.04

[Jonas Norlander]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Alan Dacey <GrokIt at ajinfosearch.com> wrote:
> Martin Laberge wrote:
>> I have a new Intel G31M / ES2L Mainboard with a
>> Intel quad core 2.33Ghz
>>
>> when asking a certain amount of processing/disk/screen power
>> the system LOCK HARD.
>>
>> whatever you do to minimise the load, and work the most cleanly possible.
>>
>> if you click too fast asking for process (that the machine can easily execute)
>> then all is locked.
>>
>> no kbd/mouse/net/ssh/ping/anything respond anymore,
>> but all is FREEZED on the screen as the last clock of the processor
>> let it .
>>
>> the power button is the only way out.
>>
>> I am using Kubuntu 8.04.2 with 2.6.24.23 kernel.
>>
>> (this installation-on-disk worked well on the last
>>  machine it was installed to. Changing machine, to a better one
>> (the last was a i586/1000 dumb machine, 512M-Ram) (the new is a quad/2300/intel, 2G-Ram)
>> set me to a unending HARD-LOCK sequence of the system.
>>
>> anytime i do something, it may lock or not.
>> sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes hours....
>>
>> Remember this hard-disk is the same disk.
>> (just changed from the old to the new machine)
>>
>> Someone have idea to what to check or change or ...????
>>
>>
>
> I am just taking a wild guess, but did you flash the BIOS?  Play with
> overclocking?  The chipset should work.  Do you have a video card?
>
> Alan

And also run the memcheck

/ Jonas