If the errors show up in a repeatable location in memory, you could try
swapping the positions of the two DIMMS.  Then, if you run memtest+ and the
locations change, you can be sure that the memory is bad and it is not a
glitch on the motherboard.

Or, just have them replaced...  :-)

Jason

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>
> > It is also notable that memtest86+ is good, but usually not as hard as
> > running real software on the machine is; we have previously had
> occasional
> > faulty sticks of memory that would run clean for weeks under memtest86+,
> > but would oops within ten minutes on corruption in the Linux MM lists.[1]
>
> Daniel,
>
>   The loss of mouse clipboard pasting and a few other annoying glitches
> appeared only on the new system. While that's not proof of
> cause-and-effect,
> it's presumptive so I'll make arrangements to trade in the two DIMMs for a
> fresh set.
>
> Rich
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