Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: Defragmentation Utility | Date | Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:40:32 -0500 (EST) |
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> I've had my partition corrupted beyond recognition every time > i've used Defrag :-) > > According to its developer, i have a problem with some memory chip, so that > the data is getting corrupted while residing in memory. > > So now i'm waiting for some memory tester to come up, so i could test my > memory thourougly with different patterns. The one i've tried this far, > memtest, which i ftp-ed from somewhere, has always came up with zero(0) errors. > I have read the SIG11 FAQ, so i _do_ know that it can take hours for the > corruption to show up.
Find a local supplier who has a RAM test setup. I found that my local retailer (large) owned one, and would happily torture memory at no charge while I browsed (it takes a little while). If it doesn't heat up the modules, then the test equipment is somewhat useless.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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