Hi all, Since a while i'm suffering from the the most irritating hickups. First I suspected a clobberd config, than a worn-out diskdrive, but recently I performed the mem-check available on the suse-10.0 dvd. To my horror it showed mem-errors, but only after 12 hours. If i re-run the test, again errors, but at different adresses. Either something is defect, or not. Not? Should I replace my 2G-mem, or is the MOBO (northbridge) also a suspected candidate? It's not the PSU: if i remove pci-boards, diskdrives (to reduce the powerload), the random results remain the same Should L1 or L2 cache errors also be detected by memtest86? (CPU-error) Before suggesting, yes, I work ESD-safe. And no, i did not tweak the system (overclock, ras/cas-timing) Kind regards, Hans -- pgp-id: 926EBB12 pgp-fingerprint: BE97 1CBF FAC4 236C 4A73 F76E EDFC D032 926E BB12 Registered linux user: 75761 (http://counter.li.org)
On Friday 17 February 2006 11:00, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Before suggesting, yes, I work ESD-safe. And no, i did not tweak the system (overclock, ras/cas-timing)
Hi Hans, Errors at different/random addresses suggests this could easily be due to inherent performance limitations of the memory, itself. If the BIOS provides for it, try the slowest, "most stable" performance setting and run the tests again. If the errors go away, you can either live with it as-is or replace the memory with higher quality hardware (matched, pre-tested name-brand, etc.) regards, Carl
On Friday 17 February 2006 11:00, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Before suggesting, yes, I work ESD-safe. And no, i did not tweak the system (overclock, ras/cas-timing)
Hi Hans,
Errors at different/random addresses suggests this could easily be due to inherent performance limitations of the memory, itself. If the BIOS provides for it, try the slowest, "most stable" performance setting and run the tests again. If the errors go away, you can either live with it as-is or replace the memory with higher quality hardware (matched, pre-tested name-brand, etc.)
Also check the electrolitic capacitors on the mainboard. You might have the "bad caps" problem, resulting in leaking caps.
regards,
Carl
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