Tom/List, I bought the memory according to a newer post to you sent (I can't find it :( ). Got the Two 512 MB sticks in the mail and stuck them both in (using proper static aviodance procedure) and tested. Memtest gave me errors in the five figure area. I shutdown and tested each stick individually. One stick is fine and the other gave two errors in test 5. Why would I get 5 figure errors when both sticks are installed and only two when the "bad" stick in installed. If you want the particulars of the output, I'll post them it you like.
Terry oh btw I didn't notice a selection that would allow me to save output to disk. Is there one? On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 10:31, Tom Brinkman wrote: <SNIP> > Boot to memtest86, and as soon as it's running, press the <c> > key for configuration. From memory, I believe you want to then > select 6, then 2, then 8. Check the docs, but this should restart > the test, log and report bad memory areas. Then you can add those > statements to lilo or grub to let the kernel know not to use them. > All of this works only if you are running one of the latest > Mandrake kernels with the 'badmem' patch. AFAIK, that means, > 2.4.22-7mdk or newer. I know for sure the tmb kernels have this > patch, eg, 2.4.22-12.tmb.1mdk > > I'd just replace the ram, and offer the old stuff to somebody I > didn't like ;) You can always depend on Crucial for quality ram. > http://www.crucial.com/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=RAM > Corsair is good too, > http://www.corsairmicro.com/ > > A good measure is to buy better ram than you need. EG, if pc100 > is required, buy pc133. Ditto, pc2700 is required, get pc3200. > Those are just consumer labels tho. Important ratings are ns > (nanosecond) and Cas rating. The lower the better. I recently > failed to follow my own advice, and now I'm stuck with some under > performing (no bad areas tho) Kingston junk till I get around to > replacin it.
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