DEADBEEF; need some advice

DEADBEEF; need some advice

weapon_S

Member #7,859

October 2006

First time I've ever seen memtest return an error...
My attic-ware is falling apart. It uses ye olde DDR memory.~~Can I deduce from the memory address memtest reported which module has a fault on it? Is there a sane way to find out the module in question? There are three modules, and I hope only one has errors.~~
[Found this: http://www.hcidesign.com/memtest/support.html]
I'm not sure I have spare modules left. I'm sure I have no money left Darnit. After trying to find the error for several days, I'll actually give the technical part (and myself) a rest now. I'll have to consider other options... So if anyone has a funny suggestion, try me :-*

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Trent Gamblin

Member #261

April 2000

I think I have 512 (or maybe 768MB?) of DDR I don't use. Came with the motherboard Matthew sent me... if it's the right type you can have it .

Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

You can tell which stick is bad by testing each one separately.

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weapon_S

Member #7,859

October 2006

Thanks for the replies, and thanks for the offer, Trent.
I'm thinking of reinstalling the OS'es as system files may be compromised. (E.g. I had a Linux header file that was corrupted.) Is this a sensible thing to do? You think I can I still activate Windows XP on-line? :-[
I'm purposely postponing the actual testing till tomorrow. I have no DDR-1 left. The PC will suck with 256M less (so let's hope it's 128M ). One option would be to buy a "new" mobo with CPU-onboard for about 50 euro. Nice and power-saving >_>
I'm gonna have a look at second hand PC's now.

Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

Just memtest the existing sticks one at a time. No reason to postpone that.

weapon_S

Member #7,859

October 2006

Yeah, there was
I've found the faulty module. Also I've ordered some second-hand modules for 5 bucks in total. Not too expensive.
I tried booting up now, but apparently I don't have reconnected the hard-drives properly.
Reinstalling everything might be too tedious to bother.
Hm, this PC is giving random program crashes too in Linux... :-/ Maybe I should memcheck it too.

Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

weapon_S said:

Yeah, there was

I don't see why. Running the system with faulty modules is asking for trouble, so its either going to be sitting turned off, or running those memtest86+ checks for you. See? No need to wait