On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:45:41 -0800 (PST)
Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, David Laight wrote:
> 
> > If you really are only getting errors at a single location that
> > might be an option.  But that isn't actually very likely.
> 
> Yup - 300+ errors from tests 4, 6, and 7, all in the same page at
> 
>  	0x00048a54{ef}xx

Just for fun, run memtestplus, use 'c' to change the configuration,
select 5 for Error Report Mode, and 2 for BadRAM patterns.  This tells
memtest+ to generate patterns for a Linux kernel mod to do what we're
talking about -- see http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html
> 
> > If the memory is new, it ought to be replaced by the vendor under
> > guarantee. First it is probably worth trying with relaxed memory
> > timings, and a single (or maybe a single pair) or memory modules.
> > If you still get errors something is wrong.
> 
> Well, it's way past Fry's 90-day warranty;  no idea how to find out
> the real manufacturer or what their warranty policy might be.
> 
> I'm not sure how to adjust the timings, but this is a single pair of
> 1GB DDR-400 dual-channel RAM modules, so not exactly inexpensive to
> replace.
> 
Generally under something like "advanced settings" in the BIOS.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb