Gentleman, Strange issues with extra memory (> 1Gb) and Via hw...follows: 1) Kernel 2.6.22-5 with Fedora patches, VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10) - 1106:3288 (rev 10), hsfmodem. 2) hsfmodem-7.80.02.02full-1 and alsa-driver-linuxant-1.0.19.1-1 installed and working perfectly....so far... 3) Added an extra Gb RAM (now 2 Gb), and nothing else (no new kernel or extra hardwares, etc...); 4) Linux freezes at boot (Kernel Oops...); 5) Hsf and alsa-linuxant removed....system boots normally 6) Reinstalling alsa-driver-linuxant-1.0.19.1-1...installation ok and sound working 7) Reinstalling hsfmodem-7.80, results at loading drivers: kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] kernel: SMP kernel: CPU: 1 Warning: no device detected by hsf driver - HDA modems may require reboot kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f9329d61>] Tainted: P VLI kernel: EFLAGS: 00010216 (2.6.22.5-49ds #1) kernel: EIP is at hsfengine5661_+0x9a5/0x2704 [hsfengine] kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: f358fb84 ebp: f358fbdc esp: f358fb84 kernel: eax: 0000002c ebx: c0100077 ecx: 000000ee edx: 37ee6000 Note: kernel module snd-via82xx-modem overridden by hsfmc97via Note: kernel module snd-intel8x0m overridden by hsfmc97ich hsfmc97sis Note: kernel module snd-atiixp-modem overridden by hsfmc97ati kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0033 ss: 0068 kernel: Process modprobe (pid: 6603, ti=f358c000 task=f41eac60 task.ti=f358c000) kernel: Stack: f3df82f4 ffffffff 000000d0 6e55a180 0000002c c0100000 00000000 60000000 kernel: 00000000 002d0000 37ee6000 c0000000 00000000 00000000 c00f8560 00000000 kernel: 00000000 00000000 deadaffe f3b031c0 f7579108 f3b031ec f358fc0c f9324060 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [<f9324060>] hsfengine1550_+0x70/0xb0 [hsfengine] kernel: [<f92fd45a>] cnxthsf_ComCtrl_Open+0x6a/0x2e0 [hsfengine] kernel: [<f9323c8d>] hsfengine519_+0x1d/0x40 [hsfengine] kernel: [<f8c8142f>] cnxthsf_cnxt_serial_add+0x23f/0x4f0 [hsfserial] kernel: [<c0475aa7>] check_slab+0x108/0x115 kernel: [<c0475fa0>] check_object+0x1db/0x22d kernel: [<c04ecf36>] vsnprintf+0x458/0x494 kernel: [<f8c807a0>] cnxt_event_handler+0x0/0x2f0 [hsfserial] kernel: [<f8f6a2dd>] cnxthwhda_probe+0x19d/0x210 [hsfhda] kernel: [<f8f6a140>] cnxthwhda_probe+0x0/0x210 [hsfhda] kernel: [<f8e4b642>] conexant_init+0x78/0xc7 [snd_hda_codec_conexant] kernel: [<f8f586e2>] snd_hda_codec_build_controls+0x3d/0x6f [snd_hda_codec] kernel: [<f8f59f88>] snd_hda_build_controls+0x10/0x30 [snd_hda_codec] kernel: [<f8c9ce91>] azx_probe+0x871/0x928 [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9bdde>] azx_send_cmd+0x0/0xa3 [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9be81>] azx_get_response+0x0/0x1cc [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9c104>] azx_get_wallclock+0x0/0xc [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9c110>] azx_get_linkpos+0x0/0x10 [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9b7e7>] azx_attach_pcm_stream+0x0/0x186 [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<f8c9b650>] azx_power_notify+0x0/0x59 [snd_hda_intel] kernel: [<c04f713f>] pci_device_probe+0x36/0x57 kernel: [<c055dbeb>] driver_probe_device+0xea/0x168 kernel: [<c04ea684>] kobject_uevent_env+0x3e5/0x41d kernel: [<c055dd0f>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xa5 kernel: [<c055dd7f>] __driver_attach+0x70/0xa5 kernel: [<c055d164>] bus_for_each_dev+0x39/0x5b kernel: [<c055da46>] driver_attach+0x16/0x18 kernel: [<c055dd0f>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xa5 kernel: [<c055d448>] bus_add_driver+0x6d/0x16d kernel: [<c04f726e>] __pci_register_driver+0x48/0x74 kernel: [<c0445a07>] sys_init_module+0x169a/0x17d3 kernel: [<f9003d09>] alc883_tagra_automute+0x58/0x9f [snd_hda_codec_realtek] kernel: [<f9000000>] alc_mux_enum_get+0x0/0x1b [snd_hda_codec_realtek] kernel: [<c046ad61>] do_munmap+0x193/0x1ac kernel: [<c047ac46>] vfs_read+0xa6/0x158 kernel: [<c0404f5e>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb kernel: [<c0630000>] wext_handle_ioctl+0x2eb/0x387 kernel: ======================= kernel: Code: fc 43 9f e4 81 e7 0f 20 e3 82 89 c2 f7 c7 34 d7 94 ce 01 c2 8b 55 d0 c7 c7 5e ca cb 95 21 df c7 c7 2f 7b 96 22 85 ef ff c7 89 e7 <8a> 02 89 e7 c7 c7 5d fb 3f b8 89 f7 89 df 89 ef 48 ff c7 89 f7 kernel: EIP: [<f9329d61>] hsfengine5661_+0x9a5/0x2704 [hsfengine] SS:ESP 0068:f358fb84 8) Tries: removing some codecs, grub boot parameteres tried: apic off, irqpoll, pci off, and others...nothing so far, same EIP address . 9) Removing extra Gb Ram...working again....Update kernel...not possible at this moment...several apps linked to it..DBs, in home develpd apps, etc.... 10) Attached some extra info. Any help will be very welcomed, svp. Merci beacoup. Regards -- Sandro Henrique