Binyamin Dissen wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:07:29 +1000 Shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 14:48 -0500, Knutson, Sam wrote:
:>> I like http://www.memtest86.com/ FREE, GPL, bootable ISO you can
:>> download.
:>Ditto - and is an option on every boot menu on every one of my systems.
:>And it's usually on any Linux liveCD - and I've truckloads of them
:>laying around.
:>And (to me) the important thing is it's "stand alone" - as we understand
:>the term. Just like stand alone dump.
Burned it and tried it on my Pentium-4 - it seems to always hang at the start
of step 3.
Any thoughts?
(I guess this is to Shane?) I'd try swapping out the memory, and/or
swapping the memory sticks in the machine and see if it gets past that
point. Usually, if memtest86 shops for some reason, there is a memory
problem; probably it's in the location it parked itself to run. Swapping
memory within the box will tell you if the problem moves, putting new
memory in (from another, known good, system) will also tell you that
there is a problem.
Have you made sure the memory has not come unseated by taking it out and
putting it back in? That can cause you problems as well.
Kim
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