Frequent ubuntu "freezes" after RAM upgrade

[Karl F. Larsen]

Andrea Fortino wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 19:55 +0100, Andrea Fortino wrote:
>>>  >> Hi,
>>> <SNIP>
>>>  >>
>>>  >> BIOS can read all of 3 GB, but ubuntu often "freezes" after some minutes
>>>  >> of work. So I try ubuntu memory test (option from GRUB menu). Test #5
>>>  >> ("block move, 64 moves") reports numerous errors. Retried memory test,
>>>  >> with only 2 GB (checked every possible combination of 3 blocks): no
>>>  >> errors found.
>>> <SNIP>
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Ciao,
>>>  >> Andrea
>>>  >>
> 
> 
> accessys at smart.net ha scritto:
>>>> have you tried removing one of the card s and seeing how it ran with 2gb 
>>>> rather than 3gb??
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
> 
> Andrea Fortino wrote:
>>> Yes, thank you, now I'm running with 2x1GB, but I often use virtual 
>>> machines so 3 GB would be much better.
>>>
>>> I thought maybe something wrong with one of the 3 RAM slot of the 
>>> motherboard, but I checked all of them: they works. Problem should be 
>>> software, but I can't find where.
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
> 
> arshad ha scritto:
>> is it something to do with 32bit and 64bit?
>>
> 
> I think 32 bit systems allow up to a total of 4 GB... hey, wait a 
> minute: may be I should _resize_ swap partition (1GB instead of 1,5GB)??
> ..so total RAM would be 4GB (3GB RAM + 1 GB swap)!
> 
> May be it could be the solution?
> 
> Andrea
> 

	RAM is plugged into your computer.
	Swap is a partition on your Hard Drive

They do not add up. Look in a terminal to top. You will see 
RAM and Swap are different things.

73 karl

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