Subject: Re: Memory message MEM_NOT_AVAIL
To: None <nbsd@righi.dhs.org>
From: Michael Kukat <port-vax@vaxpower.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/13/2000 22:16:30
Hi !

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 nbsd@righi.dhs.org wrote:
> how I could test if my memory RAM is compromised because of that broken
> pin ??
> 
> avtually the test mem says me everything OK.
> 
> can I trust it ?

You can _ALWAYS_ trust on what a VAX sais. These machines don't lie, because
they never touched MicroCrap :-) The selftests are not like the funny memory
counter of a modern PC BIOS, the really test the hardware. So you wait over
one minute on even a VS 3100m76, if you put in lots of RAM (32MB). If this
test sais OK, it is really ok.

...Michael

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