David Elmo wrote: > Well, yes, do what works, one can't go on for ever. Yup.
> But I must say this: 200 passes is very few passes, you need > to let it rip > for at least 1400, the way things are written and read back > on each pass > explores only some of the memory capacity as I understand it. > Loose analogy: > you go into a library and test its efficiency (not size), by > seeing if a > book in the directory is really on the shelves where it says. > You can get > lucky with a few books. But don't be too confident unless you > have tested > many random books. How many? Well, one can work these things > out depending > on how big the library is and so on. But the point about RAM I realize that. However, since the memory does work fine in other machines, I have to assume its something with that specific board, or maybe even that class of board. If I was having the issues elsewhere it'd be one thing. I would think that there isn't much difference between 200 and 1400. 200 and 1,000,000 possibly, but 200 and 1400 are still too close to really catch any flakiness reliably. If the stuff doesn't have a chance to work in all kinds of different environments (i.e. cold start, cold, warm, hot after a few days of constant exercise, etc.), there just isn't that much difference. No? > is it would be > nice to have a very high degree of confidence, as close to > 100% as possible, > the smallest faults can have the biggest effect on one's work... The only way I know to do this is to have an app (or write one) that exercises most of the hardware constantly for several weeks. At a former employer we had to do exactly this because the equipment was targeted at the medical industry, where "failure is not an option". --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
