Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-19 Thread m . roth
Keith Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: >> From: John R Pierce >> On 11/12/10 12:21 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: >>> > that sounds quite likely. some of those modules have two banks on >>> > the single module, and I seriously dou

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-16 Thread m . roth
Keith Roberts wrote: > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> From: m.r...@5-cent.us >> >> >> May I recommend looking at the docs that tell you what order the DIMMs >> need to be put into the board in? If you've got four slots, for example, >> I'll bet that it's 1 and 2, then 3 and 4, or

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: m.r...@5-cent.us > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time > > > > May I recommend looking at the docs that tell you what order the DIMMs > need to be put into the board in? If yo

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: To: CentOS mailing list From: John R Pierce Subject: Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time On 11/12/10 12:21 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: > that sounds quite likely. some of those modules have two banks on

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-12 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/12/10 12:21 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: that sounds quite likely. some of those modules have two banks on the single module, and I seriously doubt a system is going to like a single bank and a dual bank module in a dual channel environment. I got in

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-12 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, John R Pierce wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: John R Pierce > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time > > On 11/12/10 10:46 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> >> I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the mismatched low and >>

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-12 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/12/10 10:46 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > > I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the mismatched low and > high density memory modules that are the problem? that sounds quite likely.some of those modules have two banks on the single module, and I seriously doubt a system is going to like a

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-12 Thread Keith Roberts
> Tested each memory module in DDR1 slot for at least 20 > hours. > > Tested each slot with the 512MB module for another 20 hours. > Should I have used the 1GB module for this? So it appears that each memory module works fine if it's the only module installed - in whatever slot. I found this he

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-11 Thread Keith Roberts
>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Bob McConnell wrote: >> >> _snip_ >> >>> And make sure you button the cabinet back up, with all covers in place >>> and put it back on the rack where it normally sits. Running this test >>> with the case open or sitting in free air is a waste of time unless that >>> is how th

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-10 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010, Keith Roberts wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Keith Roberts > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time > > On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Bob McConnell wrote: > > _snip_ > >> And make sure you button the cabinet back up, with all covers in p

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-07 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Bob McConnell wrote: _snip_ > And make sure you button the cabinet back up, with all covers in place > and put it back on the rack where it normally sits. Running this test > with the case open or sitting in free air is a waste of time unless that > is how the system usually o

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread cpolish
Bob McConnell wrote: > Jake Shipton wrote: > > Akemi Yagi wrote: > >> Keith Roberts wrote: > >>> I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory > >>> module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to > >>> see if temperature changes will afect the test? > >> I had a system that st

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Bob McConnell
Jake Shipton wrote: > On 03/11/10 22:03, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory >>> module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to >>> see if temperature changes will afect the test? >> I had

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Jake Shipton
On 03/11/10 22:03, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory >> module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to >> see if temperature changes will afect the test? > > I had a system that started c

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Keith Roberts
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf > Of Keith Roberts > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:48 PM > To: centos > Subject: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time > > I have run one full test and got no err

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory > module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to > see if temperature changes will afect the test? I had a system that started crashing randomly. I ran memtest overnight (abo

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 11/3/2010 4:47 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory > module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to > see if temperature changes will afect the test? Yes, I've seen a machine where it ran over a weekend before catching an error (which

Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Jack Davies
It wouldn't harm you to do this? Jack -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:48 PM To: centos Subject: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time I have run one full test and g

[CentOS] Memtest86+ running time

2010-11-03 Thread Keith Roberts
I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to see if temperature changes will afect the test? Regards, Keith -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with