Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:08:27 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: serious kernel messages in /var/log/messages |
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On 26/09/06, Dimitri Chausson <tri2000@gmx.net> wrote: [... snip ...] > I already suspect a hardware problem, but I do > not know what to start with. '
memtest86 and/or memtest86+ are usually good starting points :
http://www.memtest86.com/ http://www.memtest.org/
faulty memory can often lead to very strange and seemingly random problems, so give the machine a good run with a mem testing tool like one of the above - I'd suggest running all tests of memtest86+ for some 8-12 hours - if the machine survives that without errors then your RAM is probably OK.
If you suspect your CPU (or just want to make sure) then a program like cpuburn can be useful :
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/
If you suspect your harddrive, then smartmontools is probably what you are looking for:
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
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