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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
