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In article <Pine.LNX.4.31.0104142043340.1271-100000@eris.discordia.loc> you write:
>On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote:
>> (32 bytes is the size of a cache line.)  A memory tester might be
>> something to try (I wrote a simple program that seemed to show the
>> error better than memtest86; can send it if desired.)
>
>Already tried that... this system has passed some 20 hours running
>memtest86...

I suggest you try Cerberus:

  https://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs/

which will viciously beat your system to within an inch of its life.
If you have any motherboard problems, they're more likely to show up
with Cerberus than with a simple memtest.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -             <chip@valinux.com>
 "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms."  -- NEAR tech
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