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[Hernan Thiers <hernanthiers@xxxxxxxxx>]

El 26/10/10 10:36, Dave Howorth escribió:
> Hernan Thiers wrote:
>   
> > Can't find the reason why openSUSE 11.3 (32 bits) doesn't boot up when I
> > change my laptop's ram cards.
> > I changed 2gb 667Mhz (1gb x2) for 4gb 800Mhz (2gb x2). BIOS recognize
> > the 4gb, GRUB comes up and then the black screen stops the load.
> > The weird thing is that the system seems to be working behind but the
> > screen doesn't display anything.
> >     
> When you say the black screen stops the load, do you mean that you see
> the grub menu and choose a system to boot and then it goes black?
>
> If so, have you tried running memtest from the grub menu?
>
> If not, can you explain at exactly what point it does go black?
>
> Cheers, Dave
>   
That's right. I choose normal or fail safe openSUSE option and just
after those white lines (some selected system info) video goes black.
There's no boot splash. I can't even get the verbose mode.

By the way how can I try the memtest? Grub only offers the normal and
fail safe modes.

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