[Lancaster] memory error?

[Martyn Welch]

andy baxter wrote:
> Richard Robinson wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 05:49:58PM +0100, andy baxter wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm getting intermittent system freezes. The whole system just locks up 
>>> and nothing works, including ctrl-alt-f1. I've tried running a memory 
>>> test, both from the hard disk and a usb cd drive, and in both cases the 
>>> test program freezes with junk on the screen. There doesn't seem to be 
>>> any pattern to this - sometimes it happens just after I switch on, and 
>>> sometimes after an hour or so.
>>>
>>> Is it worth getting some new memory and trying that? (I've tried just 
>>> taking the memory chip out and putting it back in).
>>>     
>>>       
>> Some distros come with a memory checker that offers itself on grub bootup.
>> www.memtest86.com/ Might be worth having a go with that before spending
>> money ?
>>   
>>     
> I have tried running the grub memory checker, and it hangs after a few 
> seconds. The same happens when I run memtest86 from a live CD.
>
> andy
>
>   
Hi Andy,

I assume that this machine has been running fine in the same 
configuration in the past. I'd try to re-seat the memory (unplug it and 
plug it back in). It could also be a power issue, try unplugging all 
unnecessary components and drives. Leave just a CDROM and boot memtest 
from one of the LiveCDs to see if the issue still occurs.

Martyn