Also try memtest86 from www.memtest86.com --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 November 2001 17:50 > To: Exchange Discussions > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Server why, why me > > > A good free ram test program is available a > www.simmtester.com. It creates > a bootable (dos) floppy that will run a ram test for as many > times as you > wish. If you have a hard failure you will probably know > withing 5 minutes > (somewhere in the first pass). I had one system that would > fail after about > 20 minutes when things warmed up. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:43 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Server why, why me > > > I have seen this happen with PcAnywhere. > Remotely killed it and the server decided to play again. > > Nick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:01 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Server why, why me > > Came into work today and my exchange server 5.5 on windows nt > sp6 was not > responding. I dont know how this happened, the only thing > that was on the > desktop was the cursor and wallpaper no icons or start menu. > I tried to > press Ctrl alt del and nothing happened. Couldnt get the > server to respond > for some reason. The cusor would move when I moved the mouse > and thats it > so I pressed the big button. The server is up and running > fine now and I > check the event viewer and the only thing it gave me back was > an unexpected > shutdown occoured at 11:46pm. Did this ever happen to anyone > before. All > thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Rich > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

