On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, Bill Barry wrote: > >> I should add that this seems to say that memtest86 crashed not that it >> reported you have bad memory. > > Bill, > > Certainly looks that way. > > I replaced memtest86 with memtest86+. It ran all night (was in the 13th > pass when I stopped it). In the first pass 8 errors were detected; no > additional ones found. > > What is considered an acceptable error number? The 8 found here seems > high to me, but I know the areas are very tightly packed on the silicon. > > Should I swap these for a new pair? >
Yes, I think you should swap them. There are software fixes you could use, but why bother if the memory is in warranty. Make sure you get memory that matches your motherboards specifications. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
