I had something like that earlier this year on an old PC.
It fixed itself after I removed the memory SIMMs and reseated / cleaned
everything.
The symptoms were slightly different in that the first time I executed
anything, it segfaulted.
The second time it always got it right.
I think that's because the memory was behaving as though it was slow to
write; maybe not enough current was getting through the dirty SIMM sockets
or something.
You could try that memory test diagnostic at
http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/~costar/memmxtest/ that Ken suggested...
Also if you have a chance, check to see if it has dissimilar metals in the
SIMM sockets (eg gold plated SIMMs in tin plated socket. A well known utter
disaster and reliability issue. Please note, system configurations
people...)
Anyway, that might not be your particular problem, though...
Regards,
Jill.
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