This is one point I do have to give to M$ they do seem to be able to dynamically map around bad blocks on HDD's and ram a lot better than Linux or FreeBSD. As for the badmem tools I've never been able to get them running nor have I really taken a hard run at it. (I cheated and swapped memory with my wifes windows box) The other thing I have seen is that sometimes running mem at a slower speed works as well. (bad bit at 133 but not at 100). As for DDR memory... haven't got any so don't know.
James On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 08:50, Alex Bennee wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 13:05, Alex Bennee wrote: > > <snip> > > bit can cause the machine to lock up completely and mess with > > X windows Ctrl-Alt-BS. I'll re-run memtest tonight and see if the > > results are consistent in failing. > > I know i've got a memory problem but the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is not > related. Its seems to be a power save feature (it works even in Grub) > but Windows seems to disable it by the time it boots. I've tried both > noapic and apm=off kernel options but I still cannot disable it. I can't > help feeling the two may be related, although I did seem to be able to > kill X without killing the machine once its hardly consistent. > > -- > Alex Bennee > Senior Hacker, Braddahead Ltd > The above is probably my personal opinion and may not be that of my > employer > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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