Taking the subject of RAM tests by the horns, I'd recommend using MemTest86 (from www.memtest86.com). It's free, runs from a boot floppy, and is thorough.
Cheers, Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 October 2001 21:27 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help? > > > Baa Ram Ewwww > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:21 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help? > > > That is what I suspect (bad ram). I don't want to shut it down in the > middle of the day to do a ram test. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:17 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help? > > > We had a similar problem where the system just locked. > Console froze and > only resort was to power cycle the system. If the system > totally locked up > it may indicate a hardware problem. At least in our case it > was. Check to > see if you might have some bad memory in the system. We had > a couple of > dimms that were bad. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:51 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help? > > > Our exchange 5.5 server with sp4 installed just froze up. It was not > responding to outlook clients and the cursor was not > responsive. I had to > resort to the reset button to restart it. Is is possible > that a malformed > mail message could have caused this? Is there a post SP4 > patch that might > help? This server has never locked up like this in the last > 2 years, and > nothing has changed recently. > > Tom Alverson > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]