I did run memtest for ~12 hours ~17 passes with 0 errors before I bought the new drive. Thanks for the cleaning tip - I'll try that.
Is there a CLUG meeting tonight - nothing on the website re it? Greg >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:47:39 -0700 >From: Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Laptop woes ? >To: CLUG General <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >In my experience, these issues are RAM related 9 times out 10. memtest is >always a good first step when troubleshooting. It is on the Ubuntu install >CD btw. > >John E Jardine wrote: >| You might also want to run memtest - if things have jiggled loose >that'll tell you. If that says no problem, then you might have something >more serious:( >| >| I second the cleaning suggestion - depending on the environment that >could be an issue. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
