Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Suspend to RAM caused crashes

[Mark Knecht]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
> On 08/21/2011 02:19 PM, Francesco Talamona wrote:
>>
>>  I wish yours it's not a RAM
>> issue, it could be tricky to spot, because memtest is not putting any
>> load to the machine, so it's very useful when it reports error, but when
>> it doesn't you can't be sure if RAM modules are in good health.
>
> CPU load doesn't affect RAM errors.  CPU load affects CPU errors.  If you
> only get RAM errors during heavy load, the RAM is just fine, but your CPU
> has a fault.

Unless the CPU loading causes excessive heat and the RAM has problems
only when it gets hot.

In general semiconductor speeds slow down as temperature increases so
a RAM that's barely in spec at room temp could be out of spec at high
temp.

Just an idea.

- Mark