On Friday 06 October 2006 00:58, Mick wrote: > I've run memtest86+ a number of times and no errors were shown. > There's a whole thread (either in this ML or in the forums) as to > why memtest is not a foolproof test for your *system* as opposed to > a memory module. Try to search around and look in Google too, in > case you find it. There's alternative tests to memtest involving > running some script (if I remember right). As I said, whichever > test you run you need to make sure that it exercises your whole > memory system (modules, controllers, swap). > > Good luck. :) > > PS. My box would also crash in M$Windoze if the page file was > being used (e.g. manipulating large sections of text or pictures), > but not at the frequency of it crashing under Gentoo with a heavy > emerge and updatedb taking place.
Thanks it helps to know that. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
