[mdlug] Laptop woes - Knoppix boots but Ubuntu doesn't?

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Aaron Kulkis

> Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> >  More or less - I mean the memory testing program. In my experience,
if
> > memtest86+ is going to find a RAM error at all, it finds it in less
than
> > a minute.
 
> Not always.  I've had memory errors that didn't show up until
> 70% of memtest86+'s tests were performed.

 After getting burned by some bad RAM a couple years ago, I've been
doing more memtesting. I'll probably run into such a case sooner or
later. Fortunately, the laptop made it through a full pass or two a
couple days ago. Whatever the problem is, I don't think it's RAM.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                         (313) 227-2317

 "If decisive but massive killing actually stopped the other side,
      Israel would be as peaceful as Omaha by now." - elmegil

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