Hi all,
I've just installed a fresh debian on an old IBM ThinkPad A21e (see cpuz
info in attachement) and I'm kinda bedazzled - in the wrong sense! - at how
much an idle system seems to hog RAM : out of 256, half of it is always
used...
I've tried a default Ubuntu and Xubuntu install, but browsing the Internet
was a sluggish nightmare, that is why I've decided to give it a go with
debian, installing the base system and laptop pack only (added
openssh-server after reboot). I'll attach a stripped log about memory info,
if anybody as any ideas or hints about what's going on it would be really
appreciated!
Tanks
Ion
Title: CPU-Z 1.45 HTML report file
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CPU-Z 1.45 report file
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Number of processors | 1 |
Number of cores | 1 per processor |
Number of threads | 1 per processor |
Name | Intel Celeron |
Code Name | Coppermine |
Specification |   |
Package | Socket nanoBGA2 |
Family/Model/Stepping | 6.8.3 |
Extended Family/Model | 6.8 |
Brand ID | 1 |
Core Stepping | cB0 |
Technology | 0.18 um |
Core Speed | 597.8 MHz |
Multiplier x Bus speed | 6.0 x 99.6 MHz |
Stock frequency | 600 MHz |
Instruction sets | MMX, SSE |
L1 Data cache (per processor) | 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32-byte line size |
L1 Instruction cache (per processor) | 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32-byte line size |
L2 cache (per processor) | 128 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32-byte line size |
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Northbridge | Intel i440MX rev. 01 |
Memory Type | SDRAM |
Memory Size | 256 MBytes |
Memory Frequency | 99.6 MHz (1:1) |
CAS# Latency (tCL) | 3.0 clocks |
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD) | 2 clocks |
RAS# Precharge (tRP) | 2 clocks |
DRAM Idle Timer | 32 clocks |
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System Manufacturer | IBM |
System Name | 2628CXF |
System S/N | XXXXXXX |
Mainboard Vendor | IBM |
Mainboard Model | 2628CXF |
BIOS Vendor | IBM |
BIOS Version | KUET36WW (1.13 ) |
BIOS Date | 06/11/2003 |
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