11 Aug
2006
11 Aug
'06
21:54
You might want to simply reseat your connectors... use an esd strap... and reseat the memory dimms, hd cable plugs, and power supply plugs... sometimes flaky hardware issues crop up in connectors, esp if the environment is smoky or humid.
That's a good idea. The suspect RAM chip was indeed very dusty and had some "gook" on one of the connectors, so i'm going to give it another try and memcheck it run over the weekend (while i'm out of town).
Hm I think memtest86 should again be installed as an additional entry in the bootloader, like it has been before IIRC.
Thank goodness i had an old Suse 8 DVD with a memcheck boot option...
Jan Engelhardt --