Re: memtest fails, but is it the RAM?

Iain Buchanan <iain <at> pcorp.com.au> writes:


> I've swapped the sticks around, used either by
themselves, tried
> different slots, - everything except completely
different RAM.

hello Iain,

Not sure this is useful, but, if you can get the system to
boot, you
and look more closely at the memory specifics with the
'lshw' command.
Then if you can find the mobo book, look at the published
memory 
requirements and go into the
bios, and look at the bios settings for something out of the
ordinary.
If you can, swap the memory with another know good system
for a few days....
Something might show up as a problem

> (Ultimately, I'm trying to diagnose a random reboot
problem, which makes
> me suspicious of the memory, but I'm not sure)

I always look at the temperature as the mobo makes it
available,
or checking the temperature of the hard drive with 'hddtemp
/dev/<drive>'
Often power supplies will run ok can then glitch causing a
reboot. It cannot hurt to swap the power supply to see if
that 
fixes the random reboots....


hth,

James



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