On Tuesday 19 Jul 2005 21:54, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > This is why I asked if you could "afford to" do the test. > > > > I was lucky because I had a spare machine and spare RAM: I swapped > > the RAM and > > put the "dodgy" RAM into the spare machine. I then used a Knoppix > > boot CD and > > booted into a memtest on the spare machine. > > > > This meant that while the test was happening, I was not otherwise > > using the > > machine. > > > > Sorry. > > Yeh, I think I can do that. But if I just leave it testing 50m would > it show a problem if one exists? Or do I need to run memtest at full > 120m? And finally am I issuing the command right? Or is there some > other parameter(s) I should use? > > > Curtis > > PS. The conversation about types of RAM is not bothering me so if > it's constructive for others by all means continue.
When I ran the test, I just did it from the grub menu item "memtest86" from the livecd I used at the time. As a result, I don't know about the options. However, I have now found a couple of posts that state that they could only reproduce the problem while using a running system. I find it easier just to use a livecd with the "boot mode" type method. Kanotix and Feather have these, but I use SysRescCD: http://www.sysresccd.org/ Hope this helps. PS: I apologise about the request to move the ECC conversation off the thread. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
