[ltp] T40, memtes86, blank blue screen, Bellet's memtest86 patch

Fabrice Bellet linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:47:20 +0200


Hi Otis,

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:33:31PM -0400, otisg wrote:
> 1 runs completed.  3 errors detected.  Total runtime:  1221
> seconds.
> 
> 
> Looks like gibberish.....but it shows errors, and that's good
> enough, I guess.

Yep, one memory tester returning errors is enough to say that there
are memory problems. Nevertheless, I'm surprised that memtest86 didn't 
find anything. I remember that both memtest86 and memtester found
corrupted patterns in my case.

Best wishes,
-- 
fabrice