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Daniela wrote:

> I used sysutils/memtest from the ports, and let it run over night.
> BTW, is there some kind of "operating system" that boots off a floppy and just 
> tests the memory? That would be useful because memtest can't test all the 
> memory.
> What other diagnostic software could I use?

memtest86, from http://memtest86.com has floppy or ISO images that boot 
and just test memory, pretty thoroughly.

     Barry