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Please help with this lock-up problem!

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Faust:
Maybe also change your system settings to "write an even to the system log" in the control panel and check that when you reboot.

mobrien_12:
One of the best ways to test your RAM is to compile a linux kernel

YOu don't have to install/use the kernel, but compiling a kernel is a very good way to find RAM problems (it's how I identified and fixed a random crash problem in one of my computers a few years ago).

TheQuirk:

quote:Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
One of the best ways to test your RAM is to compile a linux kernel

YOu don't have to install/use the kernel, but compiling a kernel is a very good way to find RAM problems (it's how I identified and fixed a random crash problem in one of my computers a few years ago).
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No no no!

What he needs is this: http://www.memtest86.com/

mobrien_12:

quote:Originally posted by TheQuirk:


No no no!

What he needs is this: http://www.memtest86.com/
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I used several different memory testers on that PC (although not memtest86) and not ONE showed a memory flaw.  Kernel compilation did.

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