[Gllug] Memory errors

[Simon Jakesch]

i run memtest86 by default on new machines. and you should
get 0 errors on all tests, otherwise your memory is faulty.
even then you might still have error bits (that memtest
doesn't detect, unlikley but possible) 

On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:15:52 +0100
 Tethys <tet at createservices.com> wrote:
> 
> I've just got a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. But since
> I've put it in,
> I've been getting frequent and random Oopsen. So I'm
> currently running
> memtest86 to see if it could be bad memory causing the
> problem. Sure
> enough, it picked up a couple of faults before I left
> this morning
> (I've left it running, so I'll see what it's like when I
> get home).
> 
> My question is, what can I expect from metest86? Are a
> handful of
> errors to be expected, or should it come back completely
> clean? Am
> I justified in taking the RAM back and demanding a
> replacement, or
> are a few errors normal?
> 
> Tet
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