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In article <318802321wnr@tangon.demon.co.uk>, woody
<woody@tangon.demon.co.uk> writes

>You need a copy of Checkit Pro or WinCheck, both of which will do thorough 
>testing 
>of RAM.   *BUT*, many people don't realise that himem.sys does a much more 
>thorough test of RAM than almost any utility,

Not as good as checkit running all night IME.


> as the utils usually do checks by 
>simple 
>address increments, whereas himem.sys does it by whole block changes.  

I don't know which utilities that you use but checkit seems to run quite
a variety of checks.


>Chances are if himem don't find it you ain't got a problem.

Again wrong IME...


>GPSs are more often caused by external hardware problems or interfaces, 
>especially scanners and the like.

Those things certainly may cause drivers or dissatisfied apps to GPF but
I've certainly seen OSs GPF or just hang because of RAM problems that
are not correctly diagnosed because non parity RAM has been used.


J/.
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John Beardmore