Guest campers Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 (edited) I'm trying to run Mandriva 07 Powepack Gold on my aging Inspiron 2600 1.2Ghz Celeron, 512Mb laptop. Bios/setup (and Windows) will recognise all my RAM (2x256); but Mandriva (Hardware Configuration -> Memory) only uses one of the slots. Net effect is that my cursor movement is choppy/slow/sluggish/nonresponsive and just too poor to use at all. It also sounds like the processor is working overtime and just hanging. 3D, translucency, and hardware acceleration are all off. Total noob here guys.... Help appreciated ! Edited November 3, 2006 by campers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Welcome to the board! could you post the output of the following command: free -m you'll need to do this from a terminal - most likely you will want to use the program called Konsole or gnome-terminal/terminal, depending if you are using KDE or GNOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Sounds like a broken RAM stick to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Sounds like a broken RAM stick to me. This doen't make sense because the BIOS and a Windows install both see all of the RAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 It makes sense. I had once bad RAM and neither the BIOS nor Win complained, but Linux reacted weird. A Memtest verified that the RAM was broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 I had once bad RAM and neither the BIOS nor Win complained, but Linux reacted weird. A Memtest verified that the RAM was broken. Hmmmm. Interesting I would run memtest then to check the memory. Download the ultimate boot CD at http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and run Memtest86 overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Another time, I thought I had bad ram with memtest, when my BIOS was inconfigured correctly. Choosing "Load Optimised Settings" in the BIOS fixed the problem, and memtest worked fine after that. Of course, this is normally on self-built desktops, and doesn't usually appear on branded kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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