On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Martin Morgan wrote:

> > Probably a dodgy simm, then. If you've got it in a higher slot (so
> > it's say providing 256->512MB, then it's not going to be taxed by an
> > installer. if you run a mem test program which checks the entire
> > 512MB, you'll probably find you're getting errors.
> >
> > so i'd advise if a more detailed stress test turns up similar
> > findings, you return it, if you can, or chalk it up to bad luck.
> 
> Thats what I thought until I did 2 installs on each individual chip (just
> 256Mb in the computer). Absolutely no problem...
> 
> Any suggestions on how to run a detailed stress test?

Memtest86 is another one, put it in your lilo.conf or grub/menu.1st file.

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