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my names IAN I'm a Ubuntu and Debian user i have a hp desktop I'm working on P4 2.6ghz 2gigs DDR333 80gig wester digital Nvidia Geforce 7600gs 350watt P/supply in a BIG OLD custom asus case plus LED fans so no overheating issues =) [URL] i have tried and failed to install pretty much everything in my dvd case Ubuntu 10.04+10.1 and Mint both Debian and Deb-net install fedora 13 openSUSE 10 nothing worked ALL RANDOMLY crash or freeze during the file transfer/installation and i mean RANDOM i have been unable to produce the same results twice.

i did as expected i searched Google and trouble shooted and all i can think of is bad ram so i ran memtest86 by pass 5 i had over 1000 errors have i found my bottle neck?? is it common to have so many that errors with the ram test Windows 7 seems to be the only thing that will load wye will shitty windows install and run fine NO lag when i cant get anything thing else passed a file transfer?? oh and has a new hard drive/thats not the issue. i first posted this in the Debian forums but after failing to get Ubuntu to run either i came to the friendly local forum

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