On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 07:31:34PM -0600, gregrwm wrote: > in the 70s, where i was working (kurzweil computer products) the hardware > guys figured we could make processors cheaper, faster, with more memory > than the dg novas we were using, well we sure had issues with both flakey > soft&hardware, so i wrote a diagnostic.. pure memory testing would catch > some errors, but many more shook out once the disc dma was cranking. are > things different now? sure, computers can be wrong far faster.. so anyway > while it's nice for ubuntu to bundle a memory test, when my box starts > acting flakey, i find myself wishing for a diagnostic that really kicks > those busses hard. any recommendations? First memtest86(+) then breakin[1]. Cheers, florin 1: http://www.advancedclustering.com/software/breakin.html -- Beware of software written by optimists! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121215/cbfa65eb/attachment.pgp>