That is some crazy story right there. I do know for a fact that memtest needs multiple passes. But in my case the machine only has 1 stick of ram (used to have 2, one died). I will probably do a memtest overnight and get at you tomorrow.
That would make me immediately look to the RAM as the possible source or corruption. If it used to be a matched pair and one stick died, the odds of the other being on its way out are MUCH higher than normal. I would never trust that matched stick.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That is some crazy story right there. I do know for a fact that memtest needs multiple passes. But in my case the machine only has 1 stick of ram (used to have 2, one died). I will probably do a memtest overnight and get at you tomorrow.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That would make me immediately look to the RAM as the possible source or corruption. If it used to be a matched pair and one stick died, the odds of the other being on its way out are MUCH higher than normal. I would never trust that matched stick.
ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Finished an all nighter memtest with a total of 12 passes. All good on the ram side
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
You just switched to Ultra-Violence.
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Crazy, thought for sure it would fail testing.
Still wouldn’t trust it personally after a failed stick from a matched pair regardless of what the test says though.