On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:27:39 -0700, Mark F wrote: >It was so strange. I used Windows 95% of the time. It didn't freeze >(even when installing it). But, for some reason Linux touched that bad >memory in a way that caused my computer to hang.
Linux does use all available RAM, not only regarding Physical Address Extension (PAE). 1. Windows might not have provided Physical Address Extension (PAE). 2. Even if Windows should have had access to all available RAM, it not necessarily does use all available RAM to cache or as tmpfs or ... as Linux does. Apart from this, it might have been a BIOS issue and maybe the RAM wasn't bad. Memtest is _not_ reliable. Using Memtest makes sense, but you shouldn't trust it. If RAM shouldn't pass Memtest you need to rule out other issues, at least you should replug the RAM bars. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
