Richard Bytheway wrote:a
> As mentioned in the Sig11 FAQ (link above), ensure that all the
> hardware in the PC is the correct spec, and that nothing is
> overclocked. Try underclocking as a possible workaround. If your RAM
> is on more than one stick, try removing different parts of it.

Oddly, that FAQ fails to mention the single best tool for detecting
these problems:

  http://www.memtest86.com/

Get this and run it.  It's a boot image, so if you don't have a Linux
installation (LILO and GRUB can run it just like a kernel) or a
floppy, you may have to do some gymnastics.

Leave it running overnight and see what you find.  You'd be amazed at
the number of "working" machines in the world have slightly bad RAM.
One of my boxes, which seems perfectly stable, gets about 1 error
every 10 hours.  If you see any more than that, consider replacing
your memory or motherboard.

Andy

-- 
Andrew J. Ross                NextBus Information Systems
Senior Software Engineer      Emeryville, CA
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 - Sting (misquoted)


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