On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 22:09 -0500, Ryan Sims wrote: > My computer has had some bizzare symptoms for quite some time now, and > I finally ran memtest86 from the livecd, and was wondering if anyone > could help me understand what the diagnosis is. > > There were definately errors that popped up; say a page and a half of > them. (and here's the stupid question part) does this mean I need to > drop $60 on a new PC3200 stick? Is there an acceptable level of > error?
My experience has been that if memtest finds a single error, the RAM is not worth using. Computers are sensitive devices, and if in just once place you get a 0 where you should get a 1, or the other way around, there will be serious problems. Such as random crashes. Apps segfaulting left and right. Merges failing in unrepeatable ways. You need to replace this. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
