Re: memtest86+ on UEFI

On 03/12/2023 02:15, Stefan Monnier wrote: Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). The package contains /boot/memtest86+x64.efi, so it is intended to work with UEFI. I am less sure that it can work when se

Re: memtest86 (solved)

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 09:10 Tom Browder wrote: > Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned > it on a CDROM disk. > Finally tested all my memory modules using a recent system rescue cd and its memtest86+. One bad module out of four. Sending bad module back for

Re: memtest86

Stefan Monnier writes: > Of course the `.com` version won't push all its own caveats in your > face, that would go against its own commercial interests. Indeed. Like a feature it has might not work due to other reasons. For example, I bought the memtest86 pro since I wanted to use the ECC error

Re: memtest86

On 9/15/23 13:46, Felix Miata wrote: gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. Hopefully with support for recent hdwe. The last time I tried it, it didn't like my

Re: memtest86

gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): > Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg

Re: memtest86

On 9/15/23 09:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run memtest86+ many times, yes, that's t

Re: memtest86

>>> latest version is 10.6, get it at: >>> > This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for > nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run memtest86+ many times, yes, that's the one that "look like the old f

Re: memtest86

On 9/14/23 22:17, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. Possibly under new management, and you may not agree with the pro version costing money

Re: memtest86

On 2023-09-14, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year > or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really > work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since). This is the package memtest86+

Re: memtest86

> latest version is 10.6, get it at: > Freeware! Eww! I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since).

Re: memtest86

Tom Browder composed on 2023-09-14 15:29 (UTC-0500): > Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > ... >> I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor >> I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and > see lots of FAILUREs (I have 128 Gb so that may

Re: memtest86

On 9/14/23 16:30, Tom Browder wrote: On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev > wrote: ... I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and see lo

Re: memtest86

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: ... > I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor > > I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and see lots of FAILUREs (I have 128 Gb so that may be why it's been hit and miss)

Re: memtest86

On 14.09.2023 01:54, Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I I see that it's a Debian package, and I i

Re: memtest86

On 14.09.2023 00:42, gene heskett wrote: On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see mem

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: > >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> >> I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I >> >> I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see >> >> memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting m

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 14:43 gene heskett wrote: > On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> burned it on a CDROM disk. > >> > >> I see that it's a Debian package, and

Re: memtest86

On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selec

Re: memtest86

On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting memtest86 does nothing. That's weird. It

Re: memtest86+ v6.0 Released

piorunz [2022-10-25 20:08:48] wrote: > Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory Alleluia! Stefan

Re: memtest86

Felix Miata writes: >> menuentry "memtest86 7.4 EFI" { >> search --no-floppy --label --set=root TM8P01ESP >> chainloader /mt74x64.efi >> } > > IIRC, to get mt74x64.efi, and later mt83x64.efi, I had to loop mount the free > to > download bootable .iso and copy it off to a Grub-visible l

Re: memtest86

Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-15 07:26 (UTC-0400): > I don't even try to use FOSS memtest86+ on UEFI PCs. Instead, I use the free > version of the proprietary memtest86 from https://www.memtest86.com/. I run it > from this Grub stanza in /boot/grub/custom.cfg on my fastest/newest x86_64 PC: > m

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week: https://www.me

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 13/06/2022 17:22, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week: https://www.me

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:22 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm Sorry I didn't realize that version of memtest isn't free software. Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtes

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like current Memtest works only with UEFI boot (w

Re: memtest86's no show

Albretch Mueller wrote: > Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel > box (hp-xw6600) Yes. Not infrequently. > I downloaded and burned memtest86 Version 4.0b (Server) (26-Oct-2011) > onto a CD, but when I boot up the box from the CD all I see is: The original memtest

Re: memtest86's no show

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 05:07, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> ~ >>  Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel >> box (hp-xw6600) > > Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If your "64-bit Intel" box is > Itani

Re: memtest86's no show

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > ~ > Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel > box (hp-xw6600) Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If your "64-bit Intel" box is Itanium (and being HP, it could well be), your mileage may vary).

Re: memtest86's no show

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Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:16 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > he could always rubber-band it. > > Dave Ewart writes: > > Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what > > are you suggesting here?!? > > "Rubber-banding" is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

I wrote: > he could always rubber-band it. Dave Ewart writes: > Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what are > you suggesting here?!? "Rubber-banding" is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1960s and 70s. The sets had IF transformers (air-core transformers in an alumi

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 10:00 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Peter HB writes: > > That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, > > and possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around > > the socket(s)! > > > From your original question I would guess that this

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

Peter HB writes: > That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, and > possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around the > socket(s)! > From your original question I would guess that this is not the case and, > yes, a new motherboard beckons. he could always r

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

Dave Ewart wrote: On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard is

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described > the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as > the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard is failing and sho

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

Dave Ewart wrote: I've got a Debian Woody server (three-year-old dual Xeon thing) and as a result of one or two little quirks (failed CRC sum for some gzipped files etc.), I decided to run memtest on it. The memtest produced an error at location '000 - 0.0MB', with output roughly as foll

Re: memtest86 questions

> I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much > better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. > Do you mean your 600MHz cpu? Could you please post your result here? Thanks. > > > > I tried and got the message: > > L1 Cache32K 4324.6MB/s > > L2 Cache128K1085.6MB/s >

Re: memtest86 questions

I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have tried memtest86? > > I tried and got the message: > L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s > L2 Cache 128K1085.6MB/s > Memory

Re: memtest86 questions

I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have tried memtest86? > > I tried and got the message: > L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s > L2 Cache 128K1085.6MB/s > Memory

Re: Memtest86

Todd Suess wrote: > > Greetings, > > I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because > I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a > floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just > passes on to my hard drive b