On Wednesday 26 April 2006 10:24, Nick Withers wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:08:58 +0000 > > Ben Paley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could anyone give me a hint as to how to get started checking the > > hardware? It's a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. I really don't have the > > foggiest idea what to look for or what to check - I've never had any > > problems with it before. > > You might want to have a gander at Memtest86 > (http://www.memtest86.com/, /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest86) for > memory testing, I reckon this should be your first port of call.
Thanks a lot for the advice. Unfortunately I can't run it as I have no floppy drive (unless there's another way? I seem to remember it's possible to make a bootable usb flash drive...). I ran sysutils/memtest with no errors, for whatever that's worth. Cheers, Ben _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
