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On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 08:42:10AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> A couple. Either RAM or hard disk would be my first suspect. You can check |
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> the RAM best by compiling any large package, such as gcc itself. Memtest |
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> and its like can only find the most obvious faults and in my opinion aren't |
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> worth their salt - if they can find a fault, it will already be obvious to |
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> you. |
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FWIW, their value is in finding that the fault is with RAM, not with |
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anything else. Compiling isn't going to narrow down the problem beyond |
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"yep, the computer's broken" :) |
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That said, that this happens when the system is quiet suggests it's not |
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the HD. |
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Dustin |
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