From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263980AbTKJQf4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:35:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263984AbTKJQfz (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:35:55 -0500 Received: from boefje.phys.uu.nl ([131.211.32.64]:57031 "EHLO boefje.phys.uu.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263980AbTKJQfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:35:50 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:35:46 +0100 From: Peter Suetterlin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: lipeng@acm.org Subject: Re: 512MB/1GB RAM Message-ID: <20031110163546.GA15096@hst33127.phys.uu.nl> Reply-To: P.Suetterlin@astro.uu.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.astro.uu.nl/~suetter Sterrenkundig Instituut Utrecht Tel.: +31 (0)30 253 5225 P.Suetterlin@astro.uu.nl