Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:52:43 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: Thinkpad 560X w/ 160MB memory (2.4.24 kernel): many segfaults |
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Hi,
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:34:24PM +0000, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > To check that it wasn't the memory module itself, I ran the BIOS > memory test (which passed) and also memtest86+ (no errors on 4 passes, > which was more than 2 hours of testing).
I've had similar problems as you describe on completely different machines due to a RAM compatibility problem. It was OK for memtest86, but burnBX (from cpuburn) could detect the problem within 8 seconds. It seems to me that this RAM had problems with its I/O in general, possibly with back-to-back timings, etc... memtest86 is very good at detecting defective memory cells, but not as good at detecting I/O problems it seems.
Cheers, Willy
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