[ltp] memtest86+ errors on T60

[Richard Neill]

Jan Kundr=E1t wrote:
> Hi list,
> earlier today I decided to run memtest on my two years old T60=20
> (2007-FRG). It came with one 1GB DIMM and I've extended it with a 2GB=20
> one from Kingston about a year ago. I'm pretty sure that I ran memtest=20
> on both the new laptop and after adding the memory upgrade, and that I=20
> got no errors.
>=20
> However, today's run of memtest reports lots of interesting errors,=20
> including stuff like "should read all zeros, but I got this garbage dat=
a=20
> instead". According to memtest86+, all errors occur exclusively between=
=20
> offsets 0x0 and 0x01eac0 (that's about 0.8 MB). Everything stays the=20
> same even when I remove any of the two modules, swap them or put one=20
> into the other slot.
>=20

That does indeed suggest a fault other than the dimms. Though it is=20
possible that it could be the socket - you might check with a=20
magnifiying glass and an air-duster.

> I guess that my system board is dying and that I have no other option=20
> than bringing the thing to the nearest service center. Considering that=
=20
> it won't be really cool to not have the laptop available in next two or=
=20
> three weeks, I wonder if there's any chance that it's just memtest's=20
> fault, after all. I realize that it's probably just a false hope, but=20
> well, the repair would take some time and that would suck.

You *might* have some luck with badram
http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html


Richard

>=20
> Cheers,
> -jkt
>=20