[mythtv-users] A plea for help

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Mon Sep 24 16:47:00 UTC 2007


David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:58 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:04:39AM +0100, Paul King wrote:
>>> I would also point to memory. I have found memtest86 less than  
>>> reliable.
>> FWIW, we're not the only ones who think that: memtest86 was forked a
>> while back:
>>
>> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memtest86+
>>
>> I use plus, myself; it hasn't failed me yet.
> 
> I doubt any diagnostic is 100% reliable.  Memtest86+ beats any other  
> I've tried, however.

The main thing to remember is that "Windows runs OK on the machine" does
NOT indicate that all of the RAM is OK.

beww


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