ubuntu desktop 12.04 lts on nehalem workstation

[Roger Miller]

On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 18:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> 
> NP. (BTW, we bottom-post on this list.)
> 
> Well, that being the case, I don't know for sure. The general rather
> than specific advice I'd give would be:
> 
> * ensure it's fully updated ( `sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get
> dist-upgrade -y` )
> 
> * run memtestx86 on it for a while - e.g. overnight.
> 
> I encountered a client's machine a couple of years ago with a
> motherboard problem. It is a single Core i7 with 12GB of RAM. All the
> RAM checks out fine on its own, but fit >4GB - i.e. >2 DIMMs at once -
> and memtest throws RAM errors. Each DIMM on its own is fine, each DIMM
> slot on its own is fine, & it doesn't matter if they're arrange in
> single, dual or triple channels - it's just unstable with any
> combination of 6GB or more.

Oops.  Loosing style points.

Update I can do fairly easy, but without access to all the machine's
resources I have to keep the workstation working 24/7 to have any chance
of completing the job on time; memtestx86 will have to wait.

I'm concerned about possible motherboard problems.  What were the
symptoms of your client's problem?

Roger