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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!not-for-mail From: nick@eunet.ie (Nick Hilliard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Memory Checkers Date: 23 Oct 1996 11:20:32 +0100 Organization: EUnet Ireland Network Operations Lines: 13 Message-ID: <54krhg$7u0@ezekiel.ieunet.ie> References: <326D34A9.6F29@nortel.ca> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bo Xiao (xiao@nortel.ca) said: : The problem is that my machine hangs *randomly* after 1 : hour or so, with no obvious reason. Last night, I spotted : a failure on power up memory checking which leads me to : believe there is a faulty chip in the box. Does any one : know any good memory checker on the net? Yes: gcc, the GNU C compiler. If there are bad simms on your box, gcc will probably find them. -- Nick Hilliard -- EUnet Ireland Network Operations