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From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: 4Gb ram not showing up
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:09:12 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46674CA8.1090700@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa.v/tV4BtD9VBbszRCBALGEBt2uUw@ifi.uio.no>

Andrew Lyon wrote:
> Could this also cause a system to be unstable? my abit athlon64 at
> work will not run x64 with more than 1gb ram, and i have a colo server
> with supermicro & 2 x dual core xeons that will not run with more than
> 2gb.
> 
> Both systems have long uptimes but if i add ram they crash within
> minutes of booting.
> 
> Tried several kernels up to 2.6.21 and gave up, I can send dmesg
> output but the crashes are completely random.

That is likely some other problem, like bad RAM or memory timing issues.

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       reply	other threads:[~2007-06-07  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <fa.KfNZpadRG0eZUXpSEPaw6ru0bsI@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.onZVzrCKi+mc+cmivZh4BhVROlY@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]   ` <fa./NQsJ0P5QQw7SMr++Q5kkRcAJHs@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]     ` <fa.v/tV4BtD9VBbszRCBALGEBt2uUw@ifi.uio.no>
2007-06-07  0:09       ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2007-06-06 12:12 [RFC][PATCH] Re: 4Gb ram not showing up Bodo Eggert
2007-06-06 14:37 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-06-06 21:55   ` Wakko Warner
2007-06-06 22:12   ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-06 22:41     ` Andrew Lyon
2007-06-07 16:18       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-07 17:37         ` Andrew Lyon
2007-06-09  0:47           ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-06-09 20:38           ` Matt Keenan
2007-06-07 13:49 ` Tom Moore

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