Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:22:08 -0500 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Rob" <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>, "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is this a sign of memory going bad? Message-ID: <001a01c4d377$e144fbe0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC220276581D@ms05.mailstreet2003.net><20041125234948.R27818@april.chuckr.org> <41A6B7CC.90605@yahoo.com>
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> Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Haulmark, Chris wrote: > > > > > >>Someone broke the silence: > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:05:53PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >>> > >>>>Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>This is what I get from make buildworld. I've gotten signal 10, > >>>>>11, and now 5. > >>>>> > >>>>>Is this bad memory? > >>>> > >>>>That's a reasonable guess, but the only way to tell for sure is to > >>>>test it. > >>> > >>>Is there a port to do this, or do I have to take it out and take it > >>>somewhere else to get it tested? > >>> > >>>jm > >> > >>sysutils/memtest in the ports. > > > > > > I don't want to embarrass anyone here, but something needs to be said. > > Note this next sentence carefully: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WORKING > > MEMORY TEST PROGRAM!!! > > What about the BIOS RAM test? I mean the counter that you can interrupt with > the ESC key, at the beginning of the boot process? Will that reliably indicate > problems with the RAM, or is that test also rubbish? That just tests that the RAM is accessible (ie, electrical interface is sound). -- Matt Emmerton
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