On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:48 +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote: > I've run memtest a number of times now. I've got 2 slots and 5 memory > sticks. I've tried all sorts of variants with different sticks in > different slots, having a stick in just slot 1, having a stick in just > slot 2, having both slots full etc. > > Every time I run memtest86+ I get errors on test 5. The location and > number of the errors change as I change configs, but I never get a > clean test. I also never get errors on any othe other tests, just > test 5. > > What's the chance that the problem's something other than memory. It's possible. Your memory could be bad. ;-) It might not be compatible with your motherboard. Your motherboard might have a problem that relates to handling RAM, or the CPU. > Any ideas what I can try next? Try your RAM in a friend's box, and memtest86 it in there. Take it to a shop, and ask them to test your RAM (though watch that they don't just put in a PC and see what the BIOS test says). Cold boot, and skip straight to test 5. If you don't get errors, then, it might be a temperature related issue. Be aware that if you get any errors with memtest86, for whatever reason, then your system has a problem. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
