18 Nov
2008
18 Nov
'08
3:47 p.m.
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
I had machine that would crash about once every week or two in normal operation. Memtest86+ found an error in the 2nd day of running. The worst part was that it left the raid mirrors in a strange state that caused occasional problems for months even after replacing the RAM.
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Did you leave memtest86+ running for 2 days? I thought 1 or 2 cycles would be good enough?
I'm hoping to pick-up the server in the next 2 hours then I can see what happens when I run memtest86+ or other tests
Yes, apparently RAM errors can be subtle and only appear when certain adjacent bit patterns are stored - or when the moon is in a certain phase or something.
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Les Mikesell
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