| Re: Linux: "totally random lockups" XP: "never locks up" On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:35:45 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:
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> In article <1m0hd43tn8ktf$.1fyfseu3yewho.dlg@40tude.net>,
> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw******.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:28:48 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:
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>>> In article <13uu1tjbvgug1eb@news.supernews.com>,
>>> El Tux <nope@spamsucks.invalid> wrote:
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>>>> Any time I encounter random lockups in Linux, my first suspicion is bad
>>>> RAM or hard drive, and my second is a bad DSDT (see below).
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>>> That's true for any Computer, regardless of OS.[/color]
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>> Of course, but the OP said it doesn't happen with Windows.[/color]
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> Well, it may not happen to him, but it can happen with any computer.[/color]
True but if it doesn't happen with an alternate OS chances are good it
isn't a hardware problem.
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