From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jun 04 1999 - 12:42:34 EDT
Steve..
you're right, to a point..
i have seen bad memory that runs fine, tests ok, but fails when the OS accesses
the flaky area..
best test is NT or OS/2 and look for crashes on an otherwise stable install
STeve Andre' wrote:
> In my experience, just leaving a unit on for a while and then simply using
> it has flushed out most problems. Will this find all problems? No--there
> are some conditions where a failure doesn't occur until a specifc bit
> pattern is held, but in my estimation that doesn't happen very often any
> more.
>
> Usually, flakey memory announces itself as soon as you turn the computer on.
> I don't think I've seen bad memory more than two times in the last four
> years, and both displayed their problems immediately.
>
> Yes, there are memory testers, but they are fairly specifc to the type of
> RAM being tested, and frankly I don't think they're very worthwhile any
> more. If anyone has experience to the contrary I'd be interested in
> learning more.
>
> So, if you want to test new memory, I'd say just use it a bunch a look
> for problems. Leave the unit on when you aren't using it. If you don't
> get errors in the first four days you probably won't see problems for a
> long time.
>
> --STeve Andre'
> andres_at_pilot.msu.edu
>
> At 03:57 PM 6/3/99 -0400, Peter Wennersten wrote:
> >
> >could someone briefly tell me what should be done during such a burn-in
> >period. Using the computer all the time, running test programs, anything
> else?
> >
> >Also, apart from the computer breaking down and emitting smoke, how do I
> >know I've got bad memory? Are the programs that test this? Freeware?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >> The purpose of adding memory is to
> >>speed up a machine and reduce the load on the HDD from swapping.....
> >>.....it's important to do the 72 hour burn-in period to make sure it works
> >>correctly since if it fails, it will usually fail by then.
> >
> >
> >
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