Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 09:00:43 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anyone have a memory test? Message-ID: <322C2BFA.228F@ime.net> References: <199609022017.QAA21812@shell.monmouth.com>
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Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: > > Sorry for the repost -- if you've seen this twice... I bounced my last > due to an aliases screw up -- Bill > > I've been fighting memory problems ever since I pulled out my motherboard > and installed a new one. > > Unfortunately, the new one didn't work -- so I put back the old one. > (The simms never came off it when it was pulled -- so I expected no problem... > however, it's now sig-11, sig6 city. > > Dos based memory tests show nothing (I've got 20 meg... my best diag > doesn't test past 16). > > FreeBSD boots, runs, and sig-11's occasionally during make world and heavy > X stuff. I went from 20 meg to 8mb of 1mb simms -- same problem. > I went to 16mb of 4mb simms -- same problem. > > I reseated and enabled and disabled the cache... same problem. > > I swapped in a DX2/66 to try to see if the problem would show up or go away > with a CPU reseat/replacement. No luck. > > I'm waiting for the new motherboard -- and I have new 72 pin simms for it. > (It's en route from the company as a swap with the bad one.) > > Anyone have a memory test recommendation that works short of a hardware > memory test. I remember FreeBSD 1.5 pulled out errors on my wife's box > that were causing crashes under OS/2 and SIG11's under Linux. > > I sure miss minicomputers with real memory controllers with memory > address registers that latch parity errors and report the address. > I sure miss BSD on a Vax that reported the ECC location and correction bits... > You might try de-tuning your system BIOS, ie: Wait states. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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