kernel panic

[F Ozbek]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Jack Coats wrote:
> > Even though it is a laptop, open it up...and clean it out.
>
> I do that about once a year and did so in January when I upgraded the RAM.
>
> The crash frequency has perhaps increased in frequency some since the
> RAM upgrade, but the problem was definitely there prior to the RAM
> upgrade. The increase might lend creditability to the thermal theory,
> assuming the 4 GB module gives off enough additional heat, compared to
> the 2 GB module it replaced, to make a difference.
>
>
did you try running memtest86+ ?