[Wylug-help] "effective" memory checker?

[Andrew J Cole]

During a 12+ hour scan memtest86 identified 9 error locations in one
DIMM and no new locations during a concentrated scan.  Fortunately I
had several (still sealed) replacements to hand the first of which tests
clean after a further lengthy scan.

I will certainly (now) soak test any new system (or upgrade) after this
experience although in this case the delayed onset of the problem seems
to indicate that this DIMM died "in service" rather than being DOA.
Now to test the veracity of the Kingston "lifetime warrenty".

Andrew

>Andrew J Cole wrote:
>> I have a much used (ie. old) Athlon based system (Asus A7V), still
>> running Red Hat 7.x, which occasionally freezes with the only recourse
>> being the hardware reset.
>>
>> It is running 24/7 and the freezes sometime happens every few
>> months. normally every few weeks and very occasionally every few days.
>>
>> Looking back (a long way) problems started several months after I replaced
>> its original memory with three (new) Kingstons.
>>
>> Clearly, if this is a memory problem, the full BIOS checks is inadequate to
>> spot it.  Does anyone know of an adequate (stand-alone) memory check which
>> might isolate the problem or am I going to have to swap out the memories
>> one by one and wait for the next event?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> btw the only sure fire way to induce a freeze is to run a large, and full,
>>     XP image (VMware) but even then it may take several days of use
>>     before it freezes (usually when some MS crud runs in the middle of
>>     the night!) - suprisingly running several MS images doesn't seem to
>>     accelerate the freezing process.
>>