On Thursday 11 January 2007 23:21, Hugh Gundersen inscribed thus:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:21:12 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi Hugh,
> >
> >On Wednesday 10 January 2007 19:00, Hugh Gundersen inscribed thus:
> >> Hi Folks
> >>
> >> Computers (2 of them) kept stalling and rebooting for no
> >> apparent reason.
> >> Eventually I removed the RAM and robbed the INTEL machine of
> >> 256Mb - It booted.
> >>
> >> New sticks of 512 PC3200 400Mhz Ram solved the problem and all
> >> up and running but due to sorting the funeral out and having to
> >> use Pearl's computer without my mailing list and Agent - it's
> >> been a strain ------------------?
> >>
> >> This is the FIRST piece of RAM in 22 years that I have has fail
> >>
> >> Sir Hugh of Bognor
> >
> >How many times on this list has it been said "Get a copy of
> > memtest, memtest.org !!
>
> This showed no signs of failure until it stopped working. No
> hiccups, no bluescreen - nothing! Just booted and died and
> rebooted until it only reached the start screen and reboot.
>
> Memtest would have showed all Ok up to the time of death.
>
> Sir Hugh of Bognor
You don't know that ! I agree that it is quite possible, which is why
it is recommended to run the tool for an extended period.
I have seen win machines running for weeks with bad ram, particularly
where there is a very large amount. The data on the hard disk
gradually gets corrupted and the machine fails.
I will be honest, Linux is very good at showing up bad hardware. I
can think of more than one occasion where I have added or tried to
install Linux and failed because of it! Yet wins was running without
any apparent problem.
--
Best regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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