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
ors on the memory module. Is it worth > keeping it running overnight, just to see if temperature changes will afect > the test? > > Regards, > > Keith - Message Text - On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Jack Davies wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Jack Davi

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 got no error