[Gllug] memtest86 running time

Dan Kolb dankolb at ox.compsoc.net
Sun May 9 12:58:13 UTC 2004


Ben Fitzgerald wrote:

> If it does carry on indefinately, how long is "long enough"
> to be reasonably confident?

I'm not sure how long it carries on, but I have (a couple of years back) 
had it running for more than 2 days, without any sign of stopping.

'Long Enough' can be anywhere between half an hour and a couple of hours 
- that should catch most memory errors, unless they're *really* obscure.

Dan
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