do libreboot computers crash when on heavy load?
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I got a libreboot gigabyte ga g41m eS2l and lenovo t400. I noticed infrequently
both would crash. Turning of in a second. It appeared both would crash when
on heavy load. For instance displaying youtube videos.
Is this something libreboot computers do? I once read leah
saying something about a heat sensor stuck at a low trigger temperature. Is
that what causes the crashes? Because I never knew when the libreboot
computers would crash, I refrained from using them. Thank you.
I don't have that problem on my GA-G41M-ES2L. Of course, I've moved on to GNU Boot. Exactly what CPU do you have in yours?
about the lenovo t400 command cat /proc/cpuinfo returns intel core 2 p8600 2.40ghz. I do not have the gigabyte computer around.
If you ask leah she will tell gnu boot is inferior to libreboot.
FWIW, I have a T400 bought many years ago from minifree
It does have a tendency as of late to lock/crash when under heavy load yes. BUT not always.
I think it has not to do with Libreboot, instead it's the RAM that probably is not healthy anymore and when under heavy load it will occasionally try to access some of the un-healthy memory portions, causing the crash.
Again, I didn't investigate this further.
Sometimes I can still access xkill (by running alt+F2 and inputting xkill, albeit slowly) and kill the browser, which seems to bring things back to normal.But most of the times I have to reboot the machine.
You can test your RAM during one full night after installing "memtests86+" (in Trisquel's repository). Memtest86+ is to be launched from the menu of GRUB, the bootloader, that lists the installed operating systems right after the computer switches on. You may have to press [Esc] to have GRUB's menu appear. If memtest86+'s blue screen turns red, your RAM is defective. Instead of installing memtest86+, you can test your RAM with any live ISO that includes memtest86+.