[Lancaster] memory error?

[Richard Robinson]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:31:36PM +0100, andy baxter wrote:
> Richard Robinson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 05:49:58PM +0100, andy baxter wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.

Curses, yes, I thought you probably would have done. I hate hardware
problems. If you had spares of everything, you could swap them one by one
... not likely, though. 

Sorry, I can't think of anything helpful, then.

"How many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb ?"

-- 
Richard Robinson
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