On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:37 PM, Eric Evans wrote: >> sorry to say, your best bet is to upgrade > > I would actually start with some large test builds, kernels work well > for this. Use a high concurrency (> 4).
Whether or not those fail, assuming x86, download memtest86+ and boot it. Symptoms like this tend to be bad RAM, and it's also the easiest thing to test (and, if broken, fix). -NK