On Wednesday, 5 July 2023 16:23:01 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 5 July 2023 15:05:28 BST Michael wrote: > > Did you try to reseat your graphics card and your RAM sticks, just in case > > their electrical contacts got oxidised? > > Not yet. I was hoping to avoid that because of difficulty of access.
Hmm ... you won't like what I have to say now about bad RAM: Servers and specialised workstations with large amounts of RAM use RDIMM ECC to correct errors. With modern PCs having even more RAM than some servers, it can take forever to test them thoroughly using memtest86+. Perhaps if you remove all but one stick and test it overnight, then replace this with the next stick and so on until all are tested, you may find the problematic stick sooner. Or, carry on as you are and keep an eye out for errors. A heavy round of emerge can be as likely to come across it sooner or later. The other culprit to consider is a power supply problem, especially if this is not a laptop or a PC fed off a UPS. A transient glitch could cause an one off error and you wouldn't even notice it.
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