[gentoo-user] OT - memory testing

[Skippy]

Got a question from a friend of mine who works in IT.  He's very new to
Linux.  Here is his question:

"Have you ever found a program in linux that allows you to locate bad
dims if you have faults?  I’ve tried memtest86, memconf, memtester and
none of them can point out what slot on the motherboard has the bad RAM.
 I know usually you just plug in one at a time.  But memtest86 takes
hours and I have…wait for it….16 slots to test DIMs on for this specific
server with memory failure."

Any ideas?  Is it even possible for the software to know which slot the
bad memory is in?

He isn't using Gentoo, I think he's on Ubuntu.  If you can suggest
software we'll deal with the installation.

Thanks very much - Skippy