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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:02:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nick Tonkin <nick@rlnt.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: weird error message from usb0
Message-ID:  <XFMail.011019130227.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110190950470.81961-100000@world.tonkinresolutions.com>

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On 19-Oct-01 Nick Tonkin wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
>> > How can I test the RAM? It's 512MB in two dimms (I think) in a Dell
>> > Inspiron 7500.
>> 
>> You need more proof? :)  Best get yourself to Fry's, CompUSA, or some other
>> retailer and buy some memory. :)  One test is to buy new memory with a
>> return
>> policy.  If the system works fine with the new memory, you know the old is
>> bad.
>> If the new memory doesn't work, take it back in for your refund.
> 
> No, I'm convinced :) I just wondered if there was an app that would
> provide a diagnosis that I could give to Dell (it's under warranty).

Hmm, not one that I'm aware of.  They probably have memory testers they can
check it with, and the number and variety of errors you are seeing should be
fairly easy for their detectors to find.

> - nick

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