Re: memtest86+ on UEFI

On 03/12/2023 02:15, Stefan Monnier wrote: Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). The package contains /boot/memtest86+x64.efi, so it is intended to work with UEFI. I am less sure that it can work when

memtest86+ on UEFI (was: Hardware Advice Wanted: Router)

> Interesting. I have memtest86+ 6.10-4, for amd64, on the machine. Then AFAIK it is not a known problem (IOW, it should work). > Maybe I'll try a USB stick version. IIRC the memtest86+ Debian package comes with .iso files which you can (manually) put into /boot/images/ and whic

Re: memtest86 (solved)

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 09:10 Tom Browder wrote: > Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned > it on a CDROM disk. > Finally tested all my memory modules using a recent system rescue cd and its memtest86+. One bad module out of four. Sending bad module

Re: memtest86

Stefan Monnier writes: > Of course the `.com` version won't push all its own caveats in your > face, that would go against its own commercial interests. Indeed. Like a feature it has might not work due to other reasons. For example, I bought the memtest86 pro since I wanted to use th

Re: memtest86

On 9/15/23 13:46, Felix Miata wrote: gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. Hopefully with support for recent hdwe. The last time I tried it, it didn't like my

Re: memtest86

gene heskett composed on 2023-09-15 12:24 (UTC-0400): > Mandrake was good, went bust Its core has survived in the form of Mageia, which just released v9 a few weeks ago. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg

Re: memtest86

On 9/15/23 09:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run mem

Re: memtest86

>>> latest version is 10.6, get it at: >>> <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> > This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for > nearly 30 years. "we"? I sure haven't run that one, ever. I've run memtest86+

Re: memtest86

On 9/14/23 22:17, Stefan Monnier wrote: latest version is 10.6, get it at: <https://www.memtest86.com/download.html> This, Stefan, looks exactly like the memtest86 we've all been using for nearly 30 years. Possibly under new management, and you may not agree with the pro vers

Re: memtest86

On 2023-09-14, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year > or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really > work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since). This is the package memtest86+

Re: memtest86

> latest version is 10.6, get it at: > Freeware! Eww! I recommend https://www.memtest.org/ instead (admittedly, until a year or two ago, this Free Software was severely outdated and didn't really work with UEFI, but things have picked up again since).

Re: memtest86

Tom Browder composed on 2023-09-14 15:29 (UTC-0500): > Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > ... >> I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor >> I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and > se

Re: memtest86

On 9/14/23 16:30, Tom Browder wrote: On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev <mailto:avbe...@gmail.com>> wrote: ... I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, ent

Re: memtest86

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 13:15 Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: ... > I know "memtest86" was before "memtest86+", but memtest86+ is a successor > > I just found my system rescue disk, booted it, entered the memtest86++ and see lots of FAILUREs (I have 128 Gb so that may

Re: memtest86

On 14.09.2023 01:54, Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I I see that it's a Debian package, a

Re: memtest86

On 14.09.2023 00:42, gene heskett wrote: On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM Tom Browder wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: > >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> >> I see that

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM Tom Browder wrote: >> > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: >> >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I >> >> I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see >> >>

Re: memtest86

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 14:43 gene heskett wrote: > On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: > >> Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I > >> burned it on a CDROM disk. > >> > &

Re: memtest86

On 9/13/23 12:40, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen

Re: memtest86

On 13.09.2023 19:10, Tom Browder wrote: Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and  I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting memtest86 does nothing. That's

memtest86

Here I am again seeking help. I have used memtest86 long ago when I burned it on a CDROM disk. I see that it's a Debian package, and I installed it. Now I see memtest86 on my boot choice screen, but selecting memtest86 does nothing. I assume I probably have to add something to the grub2 me

Re: memtest86+ v6.0 Released

piorunz [2022-10-25 20:08:48] wrote: > Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory Alleluia! Stefan

memtest86+ v6.0 Released

Memtest86+ v6.0 has been released for this open-source system memory (RAM) testing utility. Memtest86+ v6.0 is the first major release of this program in nearly a decade and comes as a complete rewrite to better deal with modern hardware. News: https://www.phoronix.com/news/memtest86-6.0

Re: memtest86

Felix Miata writes: >> menuentry "memtest86 7.4 EFI" { >> search --no-floppy --label --set=root TM8P01ESP >> chainloader /mt74x64.efi >> } > > IIRC, to get mt74x64.efi, and later mt83x64.efi, I had to loop mount the free > to > download b

Re: memtest86

Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-15 07:26 (UTC-0400): > I don't even try to use FOSS memtest86+ on UEFI PCs. Instead, I use the free > version of the proprietary memtest86 from https://www.memtest86.com/. I run it > from this Grub stanza in /boot/grub/custom.cfg on my fastest/ne

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week:

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 13/06/2022 17:22, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:27 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917961/can-i-boot-memtest86-if-im-using-uefi Sorry for the spam, looks like they just added UEFI support last week:

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 12:22 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm Sorry I didn't realize that version of memtest isn't free software. Here's a post on the issues with memtest86+ (the free software version) and UEFI: https://askubuntu.com/questions/91

Re: memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

On 6/13/2022 11:47 AM, Ram Ramesh wrote: I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. Looks like current Memtest works only with UEFI boot

memtest86+ on 12th gen intel

I had memtest86+ working just fine on a legacy bullseye install. However, due to age of the CPU, I recently upgraded to 12th gen i3-12100. As part of the upgrade, I also changed over to UEFI boot. In addition I had to upgrade kernel to 5.16 using backports to get video working right. Now

Re: question about memtest86+

On 08/24/2018 12:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, I'm having a hard time STFW for that motherboard. There are several motherboards that use the 865GV chipset, both socket 478 and LGA 775. Please provide a URL to the

Re: question about memtest86+

On 24/08/2018 19:05, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, it uses Dual DDR 400 memory i've used it for about 5 years, it's OK except sometimes it's noisy noise must come from fans in case Fans are a common source of case noise. Ha

Re: question about memtest86+

On 08/24/2018 12:05 AM, Long Wind wrote: Sorry, Ben, i made mistake, it isn't hp dx5150, it's lenovo motherboard is 865GV-M8, it uses Dual DDR 400 memory i've used it for about 5 years, it's OK except sometimes it's noisy noise must come from fans in case since it's OK, why should i bother with

Re: question about memtest86+

On 08/23/2018 01:26 AM, Long Wind wrote: to All:i've just return home, Thanks to all who reply! to David:i use apt-get to install memtest86+ on debian 9.4 for i386 it reconfig grub and i reboot to enter memtest86+ from grub menu Thank you for making me aware of memtest86+ integration

Re: question about memtest86+

On 23/08/2018 20:26, Long Wind wrote: to Ben Caradoc-Davies: my PC is HP dx5150, i use it with that memory for more than 2 years, it's OK, no overheating. maybe memory checking cause overheating? i've installed memtester, i'll try it. Any dx5150 Front Panel LEDs lit? https://support.hp.com/au

Re: question about memtest86+

Long Wind writes: > i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory > i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC > > does that mean my memory is bad? > i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination I see other people have mentioned po

Re: question about memtest86+

Long Wind composed on 2018-08-23 08:26 (UTC): > to Felix Miata: > memtest86 seems same as  memtest86+ It's not. 86 gets updated. 86+ does not. Last I checked, 86+ is v5.01. 86 is 7.5. 7.4 works on UEFI. 5.01 doesn't work on UEFI. 86+ has an ISO to burn to DVD or stick, as well

Re: question about memtest86+

to All:i've just return home, Thanks to all who reply! to David:i use apt-get to install memtest86+ on debian 9.4 for i386 it reconfig grub and i reboot to enter memtest86+ from grub menu to Ben Caradoc-Davies: my PC is HP dx5150, i use it with that memory for more than 2 years, it'

Re: question about memtest86+

On 08/22/2018 02:58 PM, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination Maybe system shutdown due to heat.

Re: question about memtest86+

Long Wind composed on 2018-08-22 21:58 (UTC): > i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory > i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC > does that mean my memory is bad? > i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination On recent hardw

Re: question about memtest86+

On 23/08/2018 09:58, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination Uncommanded shutdowns may be caused by o

Re: question about memtest86+

On 08/22/2018 02:58 PM, Long Wind wrote: i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory Which Memtest86+ did you install on Debian Stretch? Please provide the URL. How did you install Memtest86+? i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that me

question about memtest86+

i install memtest86+ of stretch to test memory i don't see any error msg, but after a few minutes, it shutdown my PC does that mean my memory is bad? i read manual of memtest86+, can't find explaination

Re: memtest86's no show

Albretch Mueller wrote: > Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel > box (hp-xw6600) Yes. Not infrequently. > I downloaded and burned memtest86 Version 4.0b (Server) (26-Oct-2011) > onto a CD, but when I boot up the box from the CD all I see is:

Re: memtest86's no show

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 05:07, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> ~ >>  Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel >> box (hp-xw6600) > > Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If

Re: memtest86's no show

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:10:39PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > ~ > Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel > box (hp-xw6600) Certainly! (Caveat, this is an amd64 box. If your "64-bit Intel" box is Itanium (and being HP, it could well be), yo

Re: memtest86's no show

// __ http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/oneiric/ ~ DVD version of unbuntu (AMD is used for Intel x86 as well) ~ it is a displayed boot option ("test memory") ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

memtest86's no show

~ Probably one of you have managed to run memtest86 on a 64-bit Intel box (hp-xw6600) ~ I downloaded and burned memtest86 Version 4.0b (Server) (26-Oct-2011) onto a CD, but when I boot up the box from the CD all I see is: ~ Memtest86 Version 4.0b Server

Re: Installing memtest86 in Lenny fails to copy the actual binary

Klistvud wrote, on 30/05/10 02:29: Howdy, fellow Debianites! I tried to install memtest86 on my Lenny box (using Synaptic). Everything appeared to go smoothly, even a new "memtest" entry wass added to my grub.cfg - but the actual memtest86.bin file was never copied to disk! Interestin

Installing memtest86 in Lenny fails to copy the actual binary

Howdy, fellow Debianites! I tried to install memtest86 on my Lenny box (using Synaptic). Everything appeared to go smoothly, even a new "memtest" entry wass added to my grub.cfg - but the actual memtest86.bin file was never copied to disk! Interestingly enough, the same happe

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:16 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > he could always rubber-band it. > > Dave Ewart writes: > > Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what > > are you suggesting here?!? > > "Rubber-banding" is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

I wrote: > he could always rubber-band it. Dave Ewart writes: > Assuming the problem is as Peter originally supposed: exactly what are > you suggesting here?!? "Rubber-banding" is a sleazy TV repairman's trick from the 1960s and 70s. The sets had IF transformers (air-core transformers in an alumi

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 10:00 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Peter HB writes: > > That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, > > and possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around > > the socket(s)! > > > From your original question I would guess that this

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

Peter HB writes: > That depends upon whether you are confident with soldering tools, and > possess a suitable one with which to re flow the solder around the > socket(s)! > From your original question I would guess that this is not the case and, > yes, a new motherboard beckons. he could always r

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

Dave Ewart wrote: On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard is

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

On Wednesday, 21.06.2006 at 13:49 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Dry joint on the memory socket in the motherboard? You've described > the classic symptoms of a dry joint failing at higher temperatures as > the system/motherboard warms up. So, you're saying the motherboard is failing and sho

Re: memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

0 ECC0 4 12 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 6 13 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 8 14 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 I replaced *all* the RAM in the box and ran memtest86+ again, and after a few hours I'm getting

memtest86+ fails at address '00000000000 - 0.0MB'

2 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 6 13 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 8 14 000 0.0MB uncorrected ECC0 I replaced *all* the RAM in the box and ran memtest86+ again, and after a few hours I'm getting an error at '

Re: debian way to memtest86?

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Is there any "debian way" to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a > memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I > dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. One entry in /etc/lilo.conf should look like this: image=/

Re: debian way to memtest86?

an way" to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a > memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I > dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. > Knoppix has memtest86 installed. You can enter either memtest or memtest86 (check the cheat sheet to be sure) at the prompt

FW: debian way to memtest86?

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > My computer is seriously segfaulting during compilation (eg: kernel, > gnome, openoffice,... src.rpm) I use memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com/ You can create a bootable floppy or CD. You should also test your hard drive. Go to you hard

Re: debian way to memtest86?

y" to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a > memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, anyway, I > dont have floppy drive, just CDRom. > If you have memtest86 installed read /usr/share/doc/memtest86+/examples/lilo.conf else apt-get install memtest86

debian way to memtest86?

Hi, My computer is seriously segfaulting during compilation (eg: kernel, gnome, openoffice,... src.rpm) I dont know what's going on, so I decided to test the RAM first. Is there any "debian way" to do memtest? On some distros, I saw a memtest entry into the bootloader. I use lilo for the moment, an

memtest86 + lilo problem

I apt=get isntalled teh memtest86 package on one of my "testing" boxes yesterday. When I added the lines from /usr/share/doc/memtets86/examples to lilo, I get an error about the current kernel not supporting initial ram disks when I run lilo to make the changes efective. What do I nee

crashing memtest86

memtest86 3.0, which freezes at 57% through the pass, test #5 (block move, 64 moves, cached) at 10%, while testing 92K - 504M really wants to tell me something, does it not? Can anyone point me in the right direction? The SDRAM chip is new, so is the entire machine. Have I mimsconfigured it, or

Re: memtest86 questions

> I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much > better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. > Do you mean your 600MHz cpu? Could you please post your result here? Thanks. > > > > I tried and got the message: > > L1 Cache32K 4324.6MB/s > > L2 Cache128K1085.6MB/s >

Re: memtest86 questions

I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have tried memtest86? > > I tried and got the message: > L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s > L2 Cache 128K

Re: memtest86 questions

I think I got simiar results from my 200Mhz. My 600 gave me much better speeds - more in the Gb/s Range. --- Tao Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have tried memtest86? > > I tried and got the message: > L1 Cache 32K 4324.6MB/s > L2 Cache 128K

memtest86 questions

Does anyone have tried memtest86? I tried and got the message: L1 Cache32K 4324.6MB/s L2 Cache128K1085.6MB/s Memory 128M71.1MB/s Memory runs so slow? Regards Liu Tao _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free

Re: Memtest86

Todd Suess wrote: > > Greetings, > > I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because > I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a > floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just > passe

Memtest86

Greetings, I downloaded and installed hwtools (latest potato version) mainly because I wanted to use memtest86. I followed the instructions and copied it to a floppy and tried to reboot using that floppy, but instead of booting it just passes on to my hard drive boot instead. I use a boot disk