[ale] how do I test 4 GB or more of RAM

David Tomaschik david at systemoverlord.com
Thu Nov 1 00:55:57 EDT 2012


FYI, If you start getting a lot of "Corrupted MAC on input" errors
from SSH, that's when you want to run a memtest... I'm in the process
of rebuilding my desktop due to that (well, and lockups).  I installed
the "memtest86+" package and rebooted into it (it adds itself to
Grub).

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:
> Allen if you really want to fit in here you should ignore all technical discussions and reply only to the OT ones.  :p
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Beddingfield, Allen
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:13 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] how do I test 4 GB or more of RAM
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> It is one of the boot menu options on the Finnix live cd.
> Allen B.
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Scott McBrien [smcbrien at gmail.com]
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> There is a version of the Linux kernel known as the 'memtest' kernel.  Redhat uses to include this on their installer media, maybe Fedora also has it?  In any event, it writes various data into all the memory registers.  Depending on your processor and amount of ram, it might take a long time.
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> On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:27 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
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>> I just upgraded my Dad's pc from 2 GB to 4 GB of RAM.  I want to test the RAM.  You can't easily get to the memory test or the md5 test any more from the Ubuntu Desktop live cd.  I booted the Ubuntu 11.10 alternate 64 bit cd and selected memory test.  The CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 chip.  Apparently, though, the MemTest86+ is running in 32 bit mode.  It's only reporting 3.89 GB being tested.  I need to know how to test all the RAM, although it's unlikely that the last .11 GB has an error when the other didn't.  But, what if I had 8 GB, etc.  I want it all.
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>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
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>> Sincerely,
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