On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 03:16:52 +0200 "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 09 October 2005 03:08, bruce harding wrote: > > I've got 2 sticks of Kingston HyperX 3200 DDR Registered & ECC. Is > > it possible that this if I ran memtest86+ for 2 days straight and > > found no error that the memory could still be defective? > > > > I ask because I can't get a complete compile of glibc. I have to > > restart the process at lease 3 times before the compile will > > complete. > > > > > > Let me know what you think. > > -- > > yes it is completly possible. > > But it is also possible, that your PSU is not powerfull enough. A big > compile needs a lot of processing power and stresses the ram, so a > lot of current is needed - and some PSUs aren't able to cope with > such a load -exspecially if they are cheap and/or a little bit older. > Try another PSU, do you still have problems, RMA the ram. > > Memtest86(+) is known not to find all errors. Actually, I'm on my third PSU I now own a dual rail, 650watt SilverStone. And I don't get any errors. The compile just appears to stop, but if I do "top" the thread for the compile is running at 90%. I got off the phone with Kingston and they are going to replace the ram. I hope that solves my problem. == bruce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
