[SATLUG] Hardware problem?

[Chuck]

HEY!  Maybe those guys are right -- Micro$oft Winblows IS a virus!!!

Seriously, I've seen almost this exact same thing happen before.  At the
time, I was told by someone that Winblows loads and uses RAM from the
lowest address to the highest while Linux uses it from the top down.  If
there is a single or couple bit errors in the RAM, it could screw one up
but not the other.  The only way it would affect the other would be if
you started so many programs that you used up all the memory.

Try changing the memory and see if the problem goes away.



Chuck




On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 19:11, John Williams wrote:
> I put together a computer (Aopen motherboard, Barton 2500+, IBM 60GB HD, Radeaon 7000 PCI card) and when I load windows 2000 or windows XP it will run for about 10 - 15 minutes than totally locks up.  Ctrl-Alt-Del does not work.  I have to pull the plug to turn it off.
> 
> I did a HD install of Knoppix 3.7 two weeks ago and it never locks up.  I can run it 24/7 with no problem.
> 
> Would bad RAM do this?  I'm happy with Knoppix and will keep it on this box, I'm just really curious what Linux could be doing differently than Windoze with the hardware???
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