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Bug#684666: R: Bug#684666: AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.



On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 02:55 +0200, asronchetti@libero.it wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> `uptime ` is:
>  02:47:34 up 6 days,  6:23,
> 
> and still no problem here.
> 
> the combination SSD + 4gB RAM is working great.
> 
> The only thing i changed was in /etc/fstab, i used "noatime,discard"  instead 
> of "default" in the options column for the /home partition (ext4).
> 
> next test will start in the next days, with SSD + 8gB.
> 
> I think that probably the problem resides in how my installation is handling 
> the 8gB ram.
> 
> Are there some special settings that i need to configure when switching from a 
> 4gB ram to 8gB ram?

No change should be necessary.

One thing I should have thought of earlier is that a pair of different
memory modules might not be reliable.  In my personal experience, two
different modules will often work, but it's generally recommended to use
a matched set.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Humour is the best antidote to reality.

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