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   Rod Pemberton to James Harris   
   Re: x86 memory testing - dealing with ca   
   07 Apr 19 02:23:29   
   
   From: invalid@nospicedham.lkntrgzxc.com   
      
   On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 19:37:57 +0100   
   James Harris  wrote:   
      
   > to test memory properly I'd take a look at what memtest86 does...   
   ...   
      
   > I do have a DIMM which has a fault - which makes it excellent as a   
   > test case. Curiously, when the DIMM was in use the computer did not   
   > detect the fault on boot. Nor did memtest86 detect it with most of   
   > its tests. IIRC it first showed up in memtest86's random test ...   
   > which, again, makes it a very good test case.   
      
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