[plug] SUSE 10.3 HANGS hard - or Windows-like behaviour from Linux ....

[Richard Meyer]

On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 08:55 +0800, Paul Antoine wrote:
> Crucial package chips from the better manufacturers into their DIMMs, 
> but even so the failure rate appears very similar to other makes which 
> is why I suspect it's more to do with density than brand.
> 
> Just buy the cheap memory and replace it every year :-)  At $24/GB 
> annual replacement seems a reasonable policy.
> 
> Can I have a new parrot... this one has expired!

I've got a slug .... ;-)

I suspect we're drifting away from the usage guidelines of this list,
though ....
> 
> P.
> 
> Richard Meyer wrote:
> > Drat - the memory is Crucial (the make, before anyone points out that
> > having memory is crucial), and it was fine for 2 years, and now
> > this .....
> > 
> > Cheers
> > RM
> > 
> > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 08:38 +0800, Paul Antoine wrote:
> >> Richard,
> >>
> >> This kind of hang is a classic sign of a memory problem. Anecdotally I 
> >> am seeing a higher failure rate on ram with the increase in ram device 
> >> density in recent times.
> >>
> >> I now run Memtest86+ as a matter of course when approaching an unhappy 
> >> PC even when it seems like it might be other components as it reduces 
> >> the number of variables... Memtest86+ is your friend!
> >>
> >> It's not dead... it's just sleeping :-)
> >>
> >> P.
> >>
> >> Richard Meyer wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:00 +0900, Richard Meyer wrote:
> >>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on my machine and I have been getting
> >>>> problems. The whole machine hangs such that I cannot ping it from
> >>>> elsewhere and ALT + CTRL + Fx doesn't do anything.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> It is dead!! I'd quote the Monty Python sketch of the parrot, but I'm
> >>>> sure you know it.
> >>> Just in case anyone was losing sleep, worrying about this (unlikely, I
> >>> know), the problem appears to be hardware. The subtle hint occured to me
> >>> when memtest hung as well.
> >>>
> >>> I'm sending this from my laptop ATM. Thank goodness I had one.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> RM
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Richard Meyer
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