Re: memtest bad ram? bad mobo? bad config?

From: Brian Schoenhofer (bschoen_at_rogers.com)
Date: 03/22/04

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    Date: 22 Mar 2004 04:18:55 -0800

    matt@no.email.invalid wrote in message news:<slrnc5srv0.4lu.matt@anxious.distraction.ath.cx>...
    > On 2004-03-22, Brian Schoenhofer <bschoen@rogers.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > Could it be that I have had 3 bad 512M pieces of RAM? Could the
    >
    > Not impossible, but unlikely.
    >
    > > motherboard be at fault and the RAM is ok? Could there be some
    >
    > Have your tried the RAM in a different board?
    >

    I don't have another mobo that can use that type/speed RAM although I
    may start looking for one.

    > > software configuration that would cause memtest to freeze the machine
    > > (surely not)?
    >
    > Considering the server is locking up, I wouldn't be willing to blame memtest
    > just yet.

    I wasn't trying to blame memtest but my Linux configuration. It
    doesn't seem likely to me that my Linux configuration could cause
    memtest to freeze but I thought I would ask for someone else's
    opinion.

    Brian

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