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. -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
