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Ubuntu Problem: Picture Breaking up, slow operation

Sometimes the computer is slowing down and the desktop image starts breaking up on my
computer, when using Ubuntu 11.04, especially if I am also using Oracle VM Virtualbox to also run
Windows XP in a virtual machine. It is 32-bit OS. Or if I have Oracle JDeveloper running for a long time. (JDeveloper seems to be quite a memory hog, so it seems.)

Is it because my 2GByte of RAM is not enough on this dual core Intel PC running at 1.6 GHz?

Or is it a memory leak in apps I am running?

See attached screenshot.

Do I need a new motherboard with more RAM?

Thanks.

MemoryIssue.png

Chris B

Picture Breaking up, slow operation - says no memory left. Using a 32 bit OS, you can generally only address 3GB of ram, best to use 64 bit then effectively unlimited. Do you need new motherboard? I would think not, just more RAM. If you post the motherboard detail we can check how much ram you can use.

Chirs B

AttilaB

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Thanks Chris,

Attached the information about the computer in a PDF.

Gateway GT5620 Desktop Computer.
Gateway Part number: 1014729R

As you see at 2 GB DDR2 this motherboard is maxed out for RAM.

So is there anything ELSE I can do, you think other than getting a motherboard that supports
8-16 G Bytes of RAM, 64 bit operation?

Gateway-GT5620.pdf

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