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On 9/25/06, Patric Douhane <patric@×××××.se> wrote: |
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> Ok that could be it, though I've never noticed that there could be something |
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> wrong with the memory before, but I ran Windows XP and perhaps you don't |
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> notice such problems then? Can I test my memory with Memtest86?? |
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Not really. memtest86 can really only tell you if you have bad cells, |
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which is actually extremely rare. This is because it works in a very |
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linear fashion, and only between the CPU and memory. Compiling |
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involves random access to different memory cells, rows, and even |
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pages, as well as DMA transfers to/from the disk[s]. |
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You can find a better script for testing memory here: |
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http://people.redhat.com/dledford/memtest.html |
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You might have to make some edits to get it to run on a Gentoo box. |
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-Richard |
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