Anon Y Mous wrote:
> Try booting the server up with only one stick of RAM in it and then put the 
> server under a heavy load to see if it crashes from bad spots on the RAM. 
> Then take that one stick of RAM out, mark it as "tested" and put in another 
> single stick of untested RAM and reboot and stress test the server again to 
> see if it crashes from bad spots on that stick of RAM. Repeat the process as 
> a while loop until you have tested all of the RAM one stick at a time. Also 
> try using the "memtest" program that comes on the Ubuntu live CD. Make sure 
> if you use memtest that you also test one stick at a time. Don't take short 
> cuts and try to run memtest with all the sticks of RAM plugged into the 
> motherboard at the same time.

Why not? If it's the standard memtest86, it'll tell you where the
problem is.

Just download a bootable memtest86 iso and use that.

-- 
Ian.

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