Dave K wrote: > I know this won't help the original poster right away, but I'm > wondering if what's needed is a memory test that not only spins > through the memory but also does DMA transfers back and forth to a > disk, and/or other similar functions. It might also be useful to have > a second thread exercising the cpu core(s) to "heat things up". > > These are some of the things different between running memtest86 and > running the OS and doing "something". > Good point. Memtest86 didn't find any problems for the 6 or so passes it made when running the 8gig in dual channel. Someone also mentioned memtest86 doesn't run the cpu in 64bit mode. -- Flambeau Inc. Technology Center - Baraboo, WI Email : tblader at flambeau.com Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu KeyID: 0x00E9EC2C