[Gllug] memtest86 running time

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:08:20PM +0100, adam at thebowery.co.uk wrote:
> On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 11:56:41AM +0100, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I've got a few sticks of ram. Some I have my doubts about.
> > 
> > I'm gonna run them all through memtest, one stick at a time.
> 
> I wouldn't do it with one stick at a time, as you /could/ have a faulty ram 
> socket on the motherboard which happened to me once (which caused me a massive 
> headache as I was having a stupid day and it was only when I put the ram and
> tested it in another machine I realised) and if you don't have all the banks 
> loaded as the machine would be running you may not find the fault.

Yeah, I see where you are coming from, but from the README it seems there's
no _one_ perfect way to isolate a problem off the bat. Your situation is
certainly worth recalling if all sticks fail in one socket, though.

Thanks,

ben
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