Frequent ubuntu "freezes" after RAM upgrade

[accessys at smart.net]

some older CPU's would not handle large RAM loads they were probably made 
when 596mp was a HUGE amount of RAM....

Bob


On Sat, 26 Dec 2009, Andrea Fortino wrote:

> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:55:04 +0100
> From: Andrea Fortino <andreas.fortino at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Frequent ubuntu "freezes" after RAM upgrade
> 
> > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009, Andrea Fortino wrote:
> >> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:27:41 +0100
> >> From: Andrea Fortino <andreas.fortino at gmail.com>
> >> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> Subject: Frequent ubuntu "freezes" after RAM upgrade
> >>
> >> Hi,
> <SNIP>
> >>
> >> BIOS can read all of 3 GB, but ubuntu often "freezes" after some minutes
> >> of work. So I try ubuntu memory test (option from GRUB menu). Test #5
> >> ("block move, 64 moves") reports numerous errors. Retried memory test,
> >> with only 2 GB (checked every possible combination of 3 blocks): no
> >> errors found.
> <SNIP>
> >>
> >> Ciao,
> >> Andrea
> >>
>
>
> accessys at smart.net ha scritto:
>> have you tried removing one of the card s and seeing how it ran with 2gb
>> rather than 3gb??
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> Yes, thank you, now I'm running with 2x1GB, but I often use virtual
> machines so 3 GB would be much better.
>
> I thought maybe something wrong with one of the 3 RAM slot of the
> motherboard, but I checked all of them: they works. Problem should be
> software, but I can't find where.
>
> Andrea
>
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