Re: [SLUG] Hanging &/or random reboot probs

[Dion <tenzero@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Bogacki wrote:
> Hi, I have just installed lenny on a machine with 800MHz
> AMD Duron chip, 1Gb RAM, 63.3 GbB /usr, & 320Gb /home
> yet get hanging and/or rebooting after opening applications 
> in two screens (usually update/upgrade as root 
> and mutt or a browser).
>
> My previous etch system with 733 MHz PIII and 733 Mhz RAM
> could handle 10 or more screens running various apps at a time.
>
> Any ideas about what I should be looking for ?
>
> Adam Bogacki,
> afb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   
Hanging and spontaneous reboots are classic symptoms of memory failure.

Does Debian offer you a boot option to boot into memtest? If so, I'd 
recommend running it, with one dimm in the machine at a time until you 
isolate which one(s) is faulty.

Happy Hunting.
D.

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