Re: 8.04 randomly freezing requiring hard shut down, caps and scroll lock flash
From the archived thread
Originally Posted by
AusIV4
The caps and scroll lock flashing indicates a kernel panic. This almost always means hardware issues, and most commonly (in my experience) the problem is with RAM.
Run Memtest86+ for a while. It should alert you if there are bad segments.
I did run Memtest86+ (for those who like to do this as well, makes sure you have time on your hands. My test ran for just over 2 hours) ... no errors where detected.
Any other suggestions will be highly appreciated.
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