On 3/18/2011 7:49 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >>> In the end I found by running a Fedora Live CD >>> that a memory module was faulty >>> (the machine's Diagnostic program said it was fine). >> >> Memtest86 perhaps? > > The laptop is a Dell Latitude D610. > There is a Diagnostic program one can enter by pressing F12 at boot-time. > The memory part of this ran for over 30 minutes, > and said the memory module was fine.
I've seen memtest take 3 days to find bad RAM. Sometimes only certain patterns/timing will fail. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/