05-11-2016, 02:21 PM
(05-11-2016, 02:05 PM)rahlquist Wrote: If I were you I would try one of the two current linux builds, Ubuntu or debian. Stay away from gui if you can (potential for more bugs) I would run the stress app to rule out heat/power issues. You can then install memtester and run that to try to test your ram.
It is not impossible that its the ram but its much much more likely that its a power issue.
Arch is one of the current Linux builds available, and it runs perfectly fine up until the point I launch a browser and load something "heavy". From a software perspective running X.org (or RemixOS/Android's GUI) isn't any more "potential for more bugs" than running any other variety of software, unless the GPU in the SoC happens to be damaged. Pure stressing of the CPU cores in any form doesn't trigger the problem. I'm running on a regulated 2A power supply, so a power issue doesn't seem likely either.
I'm gonna see if I can reproduce the problem another way, over ethernet instead of using the WiFi/BT module, and by filling up the RAM using a tmpfs RAM-disk.