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[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Randall R Schulz wrote:

> On Saturday 02 February 2008 00:50, Per Jessen wrote:
> > I've got a new workstation with 4Gb RAM - it's been showing signs of
> > instability, so I ran memtest86+ v1.70 for about 13 hours last night.
> >
> > I had a sneaking suspicion that memtest was cutting things short - I
> > had seen the pass completion bar at 23-24%, only to see it having
> > started on the next pass only 5 minutes later.  So I videotaped a
> > couple of ours worth, and sure enough - memtest completes 25% of a
> > pass after which it starts the next pass.
> >
> > Any ideas, suggestions?
>
> Can your system address all 4 GB under normal operation? If it cannot,
> then Memtest86+ won't be able to test it, either.

The system has no problem accessing all 4Gb when it's running normally.  

> Have you configured your BIOS to move the I/O address range out of its
> usual range of from 3 to 4 GB? This would be necessary for both the
> operating system and Memtest86+ to access it.

Uh, no. Linux has no problem seeing the full 4Gb though.  I haven't seen
anywhere in the BIOS where I could adjust it either.


/Per Jessen, Zürich

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