Michael composed on 2020-11-15 21:24 (UTC+0100):
On Sonntag, 15. November 2020 13:04:06 CET Carlos E. R. wrote:
There is a memtest tool that is usually accessible from the boot menu of the install disk. You have to leave it running for a day or so. Others are more knowledgeable on the tool than me. If that tool signals an error in the RAM, then you do have a problem with the RAM no matter what Dell says.
If you mean memtest86, that doesn't exist any longer on install disks, AFAIK because of being a 16bit program it doesn't work on EFI machines. But the memtest kernel parameter should do almost the same. You can tell it, how many passes it should run for with memtest=n.
My UEFI systems include this Grub stanza: menuentry "memtest86 8.3 EFI" { search --no-floppy --label --set=root <VOLUMELABEL> chainloader /mt83x64.efi } I get the binary from https://www.memtest86.com/. Do not confuse FOSS memtest86 with non-FOSS memtest86+. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/