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Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs

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On Du, 14 feb 21, 12:22:25, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
> Well, there is one other option: replace the motherboard.  Given that
> it's becoming increasingly cranky on boot, that might be the way to go.
> We had a power outage the other day, and when I tried to restart the
> machine it would get past the Grub screen, then sit there forever with
> a screen that was blank except for a blinking cursor.  It took about
> half a dozen tries before it finally continued the boot process from
> there.  I seem to recall that this happened last time we had a power
> outage too.  For now I think I'll just keep my backups current, and
> come the day it decides not to boot anymore I'll just replace it.

Can you reproduce this by powering off and disconnecting the mains?

You could try replacing the BIOS battery.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2021-02-14 21:40 +0100
  Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-14 22:50 +0100
  Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-15 09:20 +0100
    Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2021-02-16 17:20 +0100
  Re: missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-02-15 13:30 +0100

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