[sf-lug] Ubuntu Desktop PC Freezes - possible hardware problem?

[David Rosenstrauch]

On 01/06/2010 03:33 PM, Matthew Petty wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a desktop machine running Ubuntu 9.04 which has been freezing, 
> and sometimes not starting at all.

You should check for bad hardware:  first memory, then disk, as those 
are the most common hardware failures.  For memory use memtest86+.  For 
disk use smartd.

HTH,

DR