Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Dion Sole wrote:
An acceptable number of errors is about 1 error per pass. 2 is pushing it.
The only acceptable number of errors per pass is 0. Any more than than and you need to RMA the memory. (Or just replace it if it's out of warranty)
Not necessarily true. You're forgetting that there are other factors involved in memory. It's not just the stick of RAM. but also the motherboard and CPU. Plus, when using unbuffered (non-registered) memory, sometimes you have random problems that don't mean the memory is bad. That is in fact why some people use registered memory (and sometimes ECC); to improve the reliability of memory. As long as the memory passes a few times and you've only had a couple errors, you're fine. Read the memtest README file and it'll tell you the same thing.
James
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