* Frank Preut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > i didn't think of memory because i didn't change anything there in the > last six months.. but maybe it got wrecked recently so i tested it with > the latest version 2.7 of memtest.. and indeed it came up with an error > at the address 04e0 during test no. 4 so i tried playing around with the > two 64 mb modules and the exact same error occurs no matter which module > is installed in which lot.. ?? wtf, what is wrong here? and why did it > work before, i'm quite sure that i got an error when i tested memory > before.. could it be the cache (32k of level 1, 512 of level 2)? and > couldn't do anything about that, right?
Memory words may be stripped accross both modules. If so, swapping the modules will put the error in a different part of the same word, and the address will not change. Maybe. Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key The wombat is a mixture of chalk and clay used for respiration. -- MegaHal