On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:52:15 +0100 Norman Golisz wrote: > actually, it's the most reliable way to detect faulty hardware. Memory > testers, if at all, only find specific issues (mostly by writing and > reading bit patterns to RAM). They can't stimulate and stress the > hardware as a build process (e.g. of an operating system) does. > > Memtest and such only have limited use.
Building certainly throws extra heat into the equation. -- Kc

