I have an HP dx5150 with Ubuntu 11.04. I recently added 2 new memory chips (total 4) with the same specifications as the originals. The memory is recognized by the BIOS and Memtest returns no errors. The computer boots normally and functions normally for an hour or so, and then freezes. When it freezes it does not accept any input and the screen gets displays a bunch of small green or purple lines. Here is the output from lshw:
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description: Desktop Computer
product: HP dx5150 SFF (EW249UC#ABA)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
serial: XXXXXXXXXX
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=103C_53307F sku=EW249UC#ABA uuid=80FB0717-D957-1110-9295-FF99A531C491
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 09AC
vendor: MSI
physical id: 0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 1.18
date: 08/01/2006
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
slot: Socket 939
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 3GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 199MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up rep_good nopl pni lahf_lm cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: b
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: d
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cpu:1 DISABLED
description: CPU
vendor: Unknown
physical id: 5
bus info: cpu@1
version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
slot: Socket 939
size: 1791MHz
capacity: 3GHz
clock: 199MHz
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: c
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: e
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 24
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 0
serial: None
slot: A0
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 1
serial: None
slot: A1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 2
serial: None
slot: A2
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 3
serial: None
slot: A3
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS480 Host Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:0-1fffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS480 PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fda00000-fdafffff ioport:c8000000(size=268435456)
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=64 mingnt=8
resources: irq:17 memory:d0000000-d7ffffff ioport:cc00(size=256) memory:fdaf0000-fdafffff memory:fda00000-fda1ffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Radeon Xpress Series (RS480)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
resources: memory:c8000000-cfffffff memory:fdae0000-fdaeffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS480 PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:0 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:fdb00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 20
serial: 00:16:17:59:e4:67
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.116 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.46a ip=128.138.150.46 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:fdef0000-fdefffff
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: scsi2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list rom emulated
configuration: driver=sata_sil latency=64
resources: irq:23 ioport:fc00(size=8) ioport:f800(size=4) ioport:f400(size=8) ioport:f000(size=4) ioport:ec00(size=16) memory:fe02f000-fe02f1ff memory:80000000-8007ffff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SAMSUNG SP0411C/
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: UU10
serial: S0DAJ1OL255927
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000ae5d8
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 85a074b8-0efd-4dcd-9611-fdb93fc10960
size: 36GiB
capacity: 36GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2011-05-05 07:59:06 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2011-05-05 08:16:31 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2011-05-19 12:23:52 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 957MiB
capacity: 957MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 957MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: msi ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:19 memory:fe02e000-fe02efff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: msi ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:19 memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:19 memory:fe02c000-fe02cfff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ht cap_list
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0 ioport:500(size=16) memory:fe02b000-fe02b3ff
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: IXP SB400 IDE Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
logical name: scsi0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide msi bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64
resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:e400(size=16)
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: COMBO SOHC-4836K
vendor: LITE-ON
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SQK5
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: FW322/323
vendor: Agere Systems
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:03:0b.0
version: 61
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12
resources: irq:22 memory:fddff000-fddfffff
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ATI IXP AC97 controller latency=64 mingnt=2
resources: irq:17 memory:fe02a000-fe02a0ff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
I have also been able to use the new memory by itself without problems. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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