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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Suspend to RAM caused crashes
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:45:11
Message-Id: j2r91i$7et$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Suspend to RAM caused crashes by Mark Knecht
1 On 08/21/2011 06:33 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
3 >> On 08/21/2011 02:19 PM, Francesco Talamona wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> I wish yours it's not a RAM
6 >>> issue, it could be tricky to spot, because memtest is not putting any
7 >>> load to the machine, so it's very useful when it reports error, but when
8 >>> it doesn't you can't be sure if RAM modules are in good health.
9 >>
10 >> CPU load doesn't affect RAM errors. CPU load affects CPU errors. If you
11 >> only get RAM errors during heavy load, the RAM is just fine, but your CPU
12 >> has a fault.
13 >
14 > Unless the CPU loading causes excessive heat and the RAM has problems
15 > only when it gets hot.
16
17 The RAM gets hot when there's RAM load (meaning being used heavily), not
18 when there's CPU load :*)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Suspend to RAM caused crashes Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>