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David Reid (David@davita.demon.co.uk) spake:
> Is there any software out there that can locate and identify memory
> problems, like scandisk etc. but for memory?
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> David Reid
> Me transmitte sersum, Caledoni!

Yes, there are programs to test memory. The one I have used the most is
Checkit. It is helpful, but strangely enough, I have found that
"real-world" testing is more effective. One of the problems with a
memory testing program is that it requires you to know a great deal
about the way the memory on the motherboard or the add-on board is
organized. Which is bank 0, bank 1, etc. And on which side is the the
parity bit. And even when all this is known, still there are rarely
any errors found (for me anyway). When I have to deal with a memory
problem and Checkit doesn't find anything, I hope to heck it is a module
that is bad every time, not one that fails only intermittently. If it is
bad every time or almost every time, I substitute each module from the
suspect bank into a set of known good ones until I get a failure. However,
if it's an intermittent problem, I have to dedicate a machine (or two if
possible) to constantly reboot and run DOS 6.x HIMEM.SYS until a failure
occurs. Yes, HIMEM.SYS has turned out to be one of my most potent
diagnostic tools for memory problems!

I would be interested to hear how others deal with memory problems,
especially if they are the toughest kind, intermittent ones.

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