Really slow install

[Karl Larsen]

Sam Currie wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've just finished building a new ripper machine and I can't get 8.04.1 to
>>> install.  The installer is really slow, I mean so slow it takes about 5 mins
>>> before the Ubuntu loading splash screen displays.  The splash screen is so
>>> slow you can actually see the screen draw the status bar that moves back and
>>> forth!
>>>
>>> I have tried both the normal desktop CD and the alternative and both have
>>> the same issue.  I found a mention of booting the Live CD (Which took nearly
>>> 2 hours) and creating a swap partition.  But this did not fix the installer
>>> for me.
>>>
>>> I have also run the CD test for the two disks I have and both passed.
>>>
>>> I have tried loading BIOS safe defaults, but to no avail.
>>>
>>> I tried install Windows XP and that installer worked properly.
>>>
>>> Hardware spec is:
>>> Intel E8400 CPU
>>> MSI G31M3 motherboard
>>> Kingston Value RAM 2 x 2048 MB chips
>>> Seagate Baracude ES 500 GB SATA drive
>>> Sony DVD SATA drive
>>>
>>> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> -Sam
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>    You have serious hardware failures. Check your computer!
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Well Karl was right!
>
> I dismissed hardware failure initially because Windows XP installed
> and appeared to operate properly.  But then I noticed that Windows is
> only seeing about 3.4 GB of the 4 GB of RAM installed.  Long story
> short, I have a faulty dimm.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their help.
>
> -Sam
>
>   
    Hi Sam, send the bad dimm back and run with 2 GB of RAM. Should go 
very fast!

Karl


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