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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:22:05 +0200
From: Ville Herva <vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi>
To: Aaron Lunansky <alunansky@rim.net>
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Subject: Re: [OT] how to catch HW fault
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In-Reply-To: <A9FD1B186B99D4119BCC00D0B75B4D8104D4AA30@xch01ykf.rim.net>; from alunansky@rim.net on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:22:46PM -0500
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:22:46PM -0500, you [Aaron Lunansky] claimed:
> Sounds like the only thing you haven't swapped out of your machine is the
> ram/cpu.
> 
> It could very well be your ram (I don't suspect the cpu). If you can, try a
> different stick of ram.

Or try memtest86 (http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/) it's a
very good memory tester. My first option if I suspect a hardware fault.


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