[ltp] 600e Memory Test in BIOS

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Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:39:17 -0400


I dunno but with my 600, 256meg of memory it stayed in one place all night!! 
and I'm using factory IBM memory!

Mike...



On Tuesday 09 July 2002 18:07, you wrote:
> Can someone give me an idea of how long the BIOS Memory test routine is
> supposed to take?
>
> All the others tests checked out OK, but the Memory test seemed to lock up.
>
> The Harddrive test appeared not to be doing anything for a long time, but
> in that case the cursor remained moveable. In the case of the memory check
> the cursor froze and eventually I switched the machine off.
>
> My current configuration is 366MHz / 128MB (inc. the 32MB system RAM).
> Presumably the length of testing varies with the amount of memory and speed
> of processor.
>
> Reluctant to run the test again, without having some idea of how long I can
> expect to wait for it to complete.
>
> ---Steven
>
>
>
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