[TriLUG] Debian box Just stops.

[Sam Kalat]

I recently had a machine lock up repeatedly, also without any
indication why in the logs.  It was dual-boot and was more flaky in
XP.  I ran memtest as well and it would freeze during memtest, and I
wasn't sure whether that meant something was dreadfully wrong with the
memory.

After some memory swapping and lots of tinkering I discovered that the
memory was fine.  I have discovered bad memory with memtest and it
really shouldn't freeze up when doing so.

In my case it turned out to be something I'd never seen before...
there was a small power adapter that wasn't even attached to anything,
that was somehow causing an intermittent short, or I dunno.  Removed
it for some other reason, and then the computer has run flawlessly for
months.  I doubt the same exact problem is at fault here, but I'd say
not to blame the memory out of hand, it is probably more basic.

Sam



On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:10:00 -0500, Brian Henning
<brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> memtest is a boot-time utility, found on (among other things) the FC2
> Disc 1.  Simply boot from the cd and enter "memtest86" at the boot
> prompt (without quotes of course) to run it.  I believe it is also
> available on the Ultimate Boot CD.
> 
> HTH,
> ~Brian
> 
> Hugh Crissman wrote:
> > What command did you use to run your mem test? I just man'd memtest and did
> > not come up with anything?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > H. Crissman
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