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I'm actually partial to the "old" memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com/ The 4.0 version will run most tests multi-threaded on multi-CPU/core systems. I have found that some older systems will not boot 4.0, so 3.5 is also in the iso file. Jerry Natowitz ===> j.natowitz (at) gmail.com On 12/27/12 21:50, Tom Metro wrote: > While fixing up a Windows installation on some laptop hardware I was > attempting to use the Widows installer, which consistently crashed with > an error message that the Internet says is indicative of a memory error. > > So I grabbed an Ubuntu CD I had handy, which happened to be the 12.10 CD > from the last BLU meeting, looked up how to get into memtest (you need > to hit ESC when the splash screen first appears), and kicked off a test. > > Around the 130 M mark on test #7 it started spewing out thousands of > errors. I swapped the order of the two 1 GB modules. Same result. Tried > each module by itself. Ditto. Different slots. Same. And then I tried a > 512 MB module I had. Same result. > > It was looking like the motherboard had a fault, but I happened to try > an Ubuntu 12.04 CD I had handy. Magically that fixed it. It ran > overnight testing the original 2 modules without error. > > Both CDs uses the same version of memtest86+, 4.20. > > I wonder what the difference is? Corrupt CD? (Both are official, mass > produced Canonical CDs.) > > (The crashing installer was apparently due to the installer not > recognizing the SATA controller, rather than a memory problem.) > > -Tom >
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