On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
SchilliX - LiveCD offers a memtest Grub-entry. -- %martin _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
