[Wylug-help] "effective" memory checker?

[Nick R]

I have used memtest before: http://www.memtest86.com/ it is also 
included in  the very useful linux recovery cd: http://www.sysresccd.org

Cheers, Nick

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.
>
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