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Hi, |
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:34:01 -0600 Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:27:10 +1100 |
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> Dave Oxley <dave@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > Is there a way of testing the RAM? |
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> a great way, yes, and it's provided on the gentoo boot cds, even the |
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> minimal. at the isolinux (boot:) prompt, just type memtest-86 and |
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> patiently await the completion of just one test. |
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But always remember that, given the hypothesis that the RAM is working |
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OK, all memtest can do is to _negate_ this hypothesis. It can never |
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verify that hypothesis. |
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So it's always worth to start memtest -- after all, it might fail and |
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you know for sure that RAM is bad (or memory timing or whatever, but |
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it's faulty hardware then). But if it doesn't fail that doesn't mean |
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that RAM is alright! |
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-hwh |
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