Re: 512MB/1GB RAM

[Peter Suetterlin <P.Suetterlin@astro.uu.nl>]

  Hello Peng,

I found your mail posting via google, because I do have the same
problems as you and was looking for a solution:

I have an Asus M3N that is supposed to support 1GB of memory.  I
bought it with 512MB, and everything worked fine,  Then I bought a
memory upgrade of another 512MB, and as soon as I plug it in, I get
two problems:

- without anything else, i.e., using the full 1GB of memory, the
  system is unusably slow (takes some 5-10 minutes just to boot).
  The main problem seems to be the hard disk, things that do not need
  the disk seem to work OK (I didn't try much - the system really is
  unusable...)

- I can restrict the memory usage with, e.g., mem=992M.  Then
  immediately the speed is back - but the pcmcia card slot no longer
  works. Same is true for the sound.

I'm (trying to) post this to the LKML - not sure if it's possible, as
I'm not subscribed.  But if soeone needs more info I'm willing to test
stuff out.
Best,

  Pit

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Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin                 http://www.astro.uu.nl/~suetter
Sterrenkundig Instituut Utrecht
Tel.: +31 (0)30 253 5225                   P.Suetterlin@astro.uu.nl