Question: Does the hardware listed in red text and a gray background mean that it isn't working properly?


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I'm working at my school's helpdesk and a student brought in a computer complaining that it turns off randomly. My co-workers went through all of our normal approaches, when those had been exhausted I got my turn and the first thing I did was live boot ubuntu. I used lshw to get all the hardware information and found that the ram controllers and Graphics Co-Processor were listed being red. I can't find anywhere that clearly states this. Does that mean that there is something wrong with that hardware? if not, what does the different color

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Do you see the word "unclaimed" next to those devices? – Tog Dec 2 '11 at 7:52
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