I don't know the answer specifically. Memory exercisers should be able to test all the memory in a system. One technique they use is relocatability. The code has the ability to relocate itself. While I have used SuSE's memory tester, I don't know if it does this. However, memory testers may not always find all problems. As I mentioned, you may have good memory, but sometimes even similar chips of different brands can cause some problems. That's why I recommended that you remove all the memory sticks, and insert them in a different order. By doing this, if you do have a bad memory chip, the problem would move and possibly show up elsewhere. Or, possibly the memory test might locate it. Or possibly the problem might just go away. Sometimes, just by reseating the memories, you could fix the problem. I've had problems with memories that were not seated properly. On 30 Aug 2002 at 21:22, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Thank. That helps enormous. One question though. Why does the memory check program from SuSe does not give an error indication. One thing I saw is that the 76K of the 128 MB memory does not show up as tested. Only from 76K to 128M seem to be tested. Would this be the indication of a malfunction or is the first 76K used for something else? Memory both from the machine and myself is a problem ;-).
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