files filled with \0 after freeze

[Jonathan Underwood]

Gaspar Bakos wrote:
> I am trying to figure our what is causing it:
> hardware error? If yes, harddrive or memory?

You could try running memtest86 - install it (yum install memtest86), 
reboot and select memtest from Grub's menu - this should spot memory 
issues, and I believe some motherboard issues. Here's the website with 
more info:

http://www.memtest86.com/

HTH.