Re: [OT] how to catch HW fault

From: Ville Herva (vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi)
Date: Sat Mar 17 2001 - 15:22:05 EST


On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:22:46PM -0500, you [Aaron Lunansky] claimed:
> Sounds like the only thing you haven't swapped out of your machine is the
> ram/cpu.
>
> It could very well be your ram (I don't suspect the cpu). If you can, try a
> different stick of ram.

Or try memtest86 (http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/) it's a
very good memory tester. My first option if I suspect a hardware fault.

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