Dear List, I just found out that I have a hole in one of my memory sticks. The system works but is flaky. I am trying to get a replacement under warranty from Kingston. In the meantime it would be great if I could keep my box running without the associated flakiness. Running with only half the memory is almost not an option as I am relying on vmware a lot. Does SuSE come with any bad memory utilities, like badmem or such? If not, has anybody on the list had experience with badmem (http://sourceforge.net/projects/badmem ) that they would like to share? The project appears to be languishing a bit, but perhaps it will work just fine as is? Best regards, Alex.
Alex, On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:28, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
Dear List,
... Does SuSE come with any bad memory utilities, like badmem or such? ...
If you're running 9.0 or later (I think that's when it showed up, but maybe it was earlier) MemTest86 is included as a boot option. It's a very thorough memory tester, though even a single full pass can take quite a while to complete. If your version of SuSE Linux does not include this boot option, then you can get it an write it to a floppy or burn a bootable CD that contains it and run it that way. http://www.memtest86.com/
Best regards, Alex.
Randall Schulz
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Alex,
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:28, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
Dear List,
... Does SuSE come with any bad memory utilities, like badmem or such? ...
If you're running 9.0 or later (I think that's when it showed up, but maybe it was earlier) MemTest86 is included as a boot option. It's a very thorough memory tester, though even a single full pass can take quite a while to complete.
Actually, I already ran memtest86. That is how I found the memory hole. I should have been more specific in my request. I was hoping to find a utility that allows me to boot and run the machine by excluding any access to the bad ram. I do run SuSE 9.2/64 with all the latest patches etc. Best regards, Alex.
On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 15:28 pm, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
without the associated flakiness. Running with only half the memory is almost not an option as I am relying on vmware a lot. Does SuSE come with any bad memory utilities, like badmem or such? If not, has anybody on the
One other potential option, just in case you hadn't already tried it: slow down the RAM access in the BIOS. Underclocking flaky RAM can make it a lot happier. M -- "It's the small gaps between the rain that count, and learning how to live amongst them." -- Jeff Noon
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Alex Angerhofer
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Matt Gibson
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Randall R Schulz