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Old 07-03-2011, 08:23 PM   #1
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Problem in Intel Core 2 Quad . Computer is always hanging.


I have Intel Core 2 Quad Machine running on mandriva 2010.2.

My Problem is my machine is always freezing. The cursor is to slow on moving do any one knows how to fix it.
Do anyone encountered s problem like this?
Can anyone provide me a steps how to solve this problem.

Thank you.

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Old 07-03-2011, 09:34 PM   #2
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That's not much to go by ... what's the scenario? Console, GUI? What's
the level of activity (top, vmstat, iostat, ...)?



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Old 07-03-2011, 10:15 PM   #3
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That's not much to go by ... what's the scenario? Console, GUI? What's
the level of activity (top, vmstat, iostat, ...)?



Cheers,
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Yesterday i bought a new computer set. (Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Motherboard (Desktop Board), 250GB HDD SATA Type,
2GB DDR2 RAM)

I have installed Mandriva 2010.2 because i have read some details about it that its support many languages.
after the installation, i have update my computer OS @ easyurpmi. After updating i reboot my computer
after rebooting everything is okay but when i try to open one open office file and mozilla firefox computer cursor start freezing or hanging.

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Yesterday i bought a new computer set. (Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Motherboard (Desktop Board), 250GB HDD SATA Type,
2GB DDR2 RAM)

I have installed Mandriva 2010.2 because i have read some details about it that its support many languages.
after the installation, i have update my computer OS @ easyurpmi. After updating i reboot my computer
after rebooting everything is okay but when i try to open one open office file and mozilla firefox computer cursor start freezing or hanging.
And the other questions?
top?
iostat?
vmstat?



Cheers,
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Old 07-04-2011, 07:52 AM   #5
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Are you certain that an easy to use distrib such as Ubuntu or Fedora would not support your language?
Why did you need easyurpmi and not use the official Mandriva repository? (I'm not familiar with Mandriva so maybe what i say is stupid)
 
Old 07-04-2011, 04:41 PM   #6
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We are in a spot there. Is the hardware good or not. It was never tested at the factory for linux so it could fail all day on linux and run windows all day.

We also can't determine if your downloaded cd is correct. Did you check md5 or shal?

I lived in PI a long time ago. I'd wonder about that system. Run memtest on it for a few days. Run the hard drive diags too.
 
Old 07-04-2011, 04:52 PM   #7
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So you have installed Mandriva and the system hangs if you put load on it. Check the cooling system. Check if the heatsink is sitting plain on the CPU. Check if the fan is running. Have you used thermal paste, and how much of it?

Just a side note: Building a system (plugging the hardware together) is rather easy. Planning a system requires a little bit of knowledge about the hardware. Troubleshooting the hardware requires more than only a little bit of knowledge about the hardware and how it works together. If you lack the knowledge to either plan a system or to troubleshot it when it doesn't work as expected after building it you simply shouldn't build it in the first place. Go to a shop and let them plan and build it for you, or buy a pre-built system.
 
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Old 07-04-2011, 07:13 PM   #8
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And the other questions?
top?
iostat?
vmstat?



Cheers,
Tink
Sir iostat is not working.

See top, vmstat attached.
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Old 07-04-2011, 07:16 PM   #9
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Are you certain that an easy to use distrib such as Ubuntu or Fedora would not support your language?
Why did you need easyurpmi and not use the official Mandriva repository? (I'm not familiar with Mandriva so maybe what i say is stupid)
using or updating easurpmi.zarb.org is the best way if you need to update your system on mandriva.
 
  


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