Memory test

[Gerry Doris]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Rudolf Ladyzhenskii wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A quick search on the Google found this:
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/dledford/memtest.html
> 
> Also, there is a good memory tester for Linux. If memory serves me right (time to test ot? ;-)))), it is called 'memtest'.
> 
> >From my PC repair experience, memory often fails intermittently, so test may pass but you can still have faulty memory. 
> 
> Rudolf
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of RIchard Rahl
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 7:45 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Memory test
> 
> 
> Hi Ashley,
> 
> i can recommend http://www.memtest86.com , but i'm not sure whether you
> have to shutdown the maschine or not as i only have floppy to test windows
> maschines.
> 
> Just a suggestion :-),
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Richard
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley at pcraft.com>
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:34 PM
> Subject: Memory test
> 
> 
> >
> >     I have a server that seems to enjoy rebooting itself every so often
> > (usually it goes days to weeks without doing anything, then it'll get
> > into a fit and start rebooting every few days or so before quitting
> > again.)  My first guess right now is faulty memory sticks, however I
> > can't take it down for testing.  It's a production web server and unless
> > I setup a backup for it (for which I do not have the hardware to
> > accomplish,) I simply can't take it down.  Does anyone have any
> > suggestion on how I can diagnose this poor thing?

memtest86 is great.  You create a bootable disk and it grabs the first 80k
of memory.  It then proceeds to run a series of 12 tests that will
definitely find any memory problems you have.  I just went through this
with a bad memory chip and was very impressed with the results...besides,
the shop where I bought the memory chip had no problems replacing the chip
when I said it had failed memtest86.

-- 
Gerry

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