Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Jordy van Wolferen
haha my fault! On 9/19/07, Johannes Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > François Charette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jordy van Wolferen wrote : > > > This is maybe useless for older pcs, if you can't buy any new ram for > it! > > ^^^ > > you surely meant "useful"

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Sergey Manucharian
> Any workarounds are pure evil. Manufacturers already DO that! Each chip contains extra rows and columns and they are used by embedded smart circuits to substitute broken cells (which are always present) transparently for users. So I think nothing wrong to do similar things using software :) Ch

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Johannes Held
François Charette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jordy van Wolferen wrote : > > This is maybe useless for older pcs, if you can't buy any new ram for it! > ^^^ > you surely meant "useful" :) I read it more than twice.. First I thought of irony... -- Gruß, Johannes Täg

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread François Charette
Jordy van Wolferen wrote : > This is maybe useless for older pcs, if you can't buy any new ram for it! ^^^ you surely meant "useful" :) ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/ar

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Jordy van Wolferen
This is maybe useless for older pcs, if you can't buy any new ram for it! On 9/19/07, Elyess ZOUAGHI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks johannes ! > > im going to include that to my kernel and use it ! > i got a 256m of ram with 13mo defeated and it is not such a funny thing. > > by the way tri

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Elyess ZOUAGHI
thanks johannes ! im going to include that to my kernel and use it ! i got a 256m of ram with 13mo defeated and it is not such a funny thing. by the way tried fedora for some weeks with a damaged ram and i had to reboot about 30 times/day and now iam again with arch and havnt rebooted for 3days :

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Shinlun Hsieh
Giovanni Scafora wrote: > 2007/9/19, Roman Kyrylych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> No, I didn't. But I find it useless for 99% of people. >> Today RAM makers give 5+ years warranty. >> RAM modules produced by Patriot (USA) and GoodRam (Poland) available >> here with 99 months warranty and are replaced ins

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Giovanni Scafora
2007/9/19, Roman Kyrylych <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, I didn't. But I find it useless for 99% of people. > Today RAM makers give 5+ years warranty. > RAM modules produced by Patriot (USA) and GoodRam (Poland) available > here with 99 months warranty and are replaced instantly upon any > defects. Ye

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Johannes Held
"Roman Kyrylych" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >2007/9/19, Johannes Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Did you know this? >> http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html > No, I didn't. But I find it useless for 99% of people. I'm not saying that I WANT this in Arch. It simply amazes me, that something like t

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2007/9/19, Johannes Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Did you know this? > http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html > No, I didn't. But I find it useless for 99% of people. Today RAM makers give 5+ years warranty. RAM modules produced by Patriot (USA) and GoodRam (Poland) available here with 99

[arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread Johannes Held
Did you know this? http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html -- Gruß, Johannes Täglich http://blog.hehejo.de und du fühlst dich gut. http://cryptocd.eduforge.org/online_version signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ arch mailing list ar

Re: [arch] BadRAM

2007-09-19 Thread RedShift
Johannes Held wrote: > Did you know this? > http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html > Trying to use memory that is known to be bad is just asking for trouble. Bad memory should be replaced immediatly. Any workarounds are pure evil. ___ arch m