Re: Memtest mystery

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Tom Horsley wrote:
> I did have a server machine at work with a gazillion different
> banks of memory which memtest86+ constantly said had memory errors
> even though everything seemed to work fine.
>
> At some point, someone noticed that the memory wasn't plugged into
> the different banks in the recommended symmetric configuration
> and when we reconfigured the slots the memory was plugged into,
> the memtest86+ runs started working flawlessly.

Very odd, in general the "correct" places allow two bank operation, which speeds 
operation by some "measurable but not noticeable" bit. Unusual, but I don't 
doubt you, some vendor may have cut the odd corner.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
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