linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: 4Gb ram not showing up

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Message-id: <46674CA8.1090700@shaw.ca>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:09:12 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: 4Gb ram not showing up

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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