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Old 09-03-2008, 04:05 PM   #1
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I cannot boot 64bit Hardy after Adding more Ram

I originally had 2GB's of ram on my 64bitUbuntu Hardy, I then bought some new matching ram and installed it , checked my Bios and it shows up in there, Ubuntu hardy it will load up to just before it shows the desk top then my computer will freeze. I have just ran the new ram ( 2 Gb's) and it will boot, I can use this Live cd no problems with my full Gb's ram
I must be missing something I am pretty new to Linux so take it easy on me
 
Old 09-03-2008, 04:36 PM   #2
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Try mem=2048MB and mem=6144MB boot options. Have you checked BIOS to find out how much RAM it is showing?
 
Old 09-03-2008, 04:46 PM   #3
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Try mem=2048MB and mem=6144MB boot options. Have you checked BIOS to find out how much RAM it is showing?
All of my Ram is showing in Bios .
Uh how do I get to my boot options ?
 
Old 09-03-2008, 05:18 PM   #4
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All of my Ram is showing in Bios .
Uh how do I get to my boot options ?
Ok I figured out how to get into the boot options
this is what is in there I am not sure where I put mem=2048MB and mem=6144MB

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title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=8346c0ab-f416-41ca-91eb-ae613edbf9fa ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=8346c0ab-f416-41ca-91eb-ae613edbf9fa ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-20-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-20-generic root=UUID=8346c0ab-f416-41ca-91eb-ae613edbf9fa ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-20-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-20-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-20-generic root=UUID=8346c0ab-f416-41ca-91eb-ae613edbf9fa ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-20-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
 
Old 09-03-2008, 05:56 PM   #5
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Append either to the line that ends in "quiet splash". Depending on your motherboard, you could also try 4096MB. Before you do any of this, you may want to run memtest (I see you have it installed) to verify whether it is not simply a bad stick of RAM.
 
Old 09-03-2008, 06:04 PM   #6
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Append either to the line that ends in "quiet splash". Depending on your motherboard, you could also try 4096MB. Before you do any of this, you may want to run memtest (I see you have it installed) to verify whether it is not simply a bad stick of RAM.
Thank you for reply I will try that and then post back either way
 
Old 09-03-2008, 07:16 PM   #7
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Well I checked the ram and it is ok, I tried "mem=" and I made it to being able to see the lower task bar on my desktop then it froze up not sure of what to do now
 
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Boot with the second (recovery mode) option - that way you'll get all (any) error messages rather than the useless splash screen. Let us know any error messages you get.
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Old 09-03-2008, 07:40 PM   #9
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Boot with the second (recovery mode) option - that way you'll get all (any) error messages rather than the useless splash screen. Let us know any error messages you get.
I tryed to boot in recovery mode but it does the same thing do the error messages get logged and if so where can I find the logfile?
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How about the recovery boot line? Does that work?
Was the extra RAM the only hardware change?
 
Old 09-03-2008, 08:35 PM   #11
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How about the recovery boot line? Does that work?
Was the extra RAM the only hardware change?
Not sure what you mean by recovery boot line.
I also change from a 17" to a 19" monitor it is strange because in recovery mode I used the fix xserver and now I can boot onto my desktop but my resolution is stuck on 640 x480 and if I turn on the ATI accelerated drivers and reboot it does exactly the same as before..freezes, so then if I remove 2gbs ( doesn't matter which mem moduals) and turn on my comp ,boot up everything is normal, in that it is running like it is supposed to, my comp can handle up to 8 gb's ram at 1066mhz
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Old 09-03-2008, 09:14 PM   #12
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Some motherboards seem to have problems with 4 sticks of RAM. Check the site of the motherboard vendor. Maybe it is a know issue and there is a BIOS update available.
 
Old 09-03-2008, 09:50 PM   #13
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Some motherboards seem to have problems with 4 sticks of RAM. Check the site of the motherboard vendor. Maybe it is a know issue and there is a BIOS update available.
Thnx will check that out
 
Old 09-03-2008, 09:58 PM   #14
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Maybe dual channel has been selected in the bios and it cannot
auto correct that.

Rather the sticks may be interfering with each other...EMI
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Old 09-03-2008, 10:32 PM   #15
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Maybe dual channel has been selected in the bios and it cannot
auto correct that.

Rather the sticks may be interfering with each other...EMI
well I can boot into the desk top but for some reason when I have the 4 sticks in it shuts off my Accelerated ATI drivers
 
  


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