Hi Dave,
You should not get any errors?, the problem could be many things, but
most likely hardware or timing related.
There is an excellent README as part of the prime95 package
(
http://www.mersenne.org/), that should give you a starting point.
memtest86 is great for finding problems, but it can take a long time.
When you're "tuning" you need a faster method of determining if system
is stable enough to warrant spending another 40 hours on memtest86,
prime95 usually "indicates" memory problems within a few minutes - hope
this helps.
Best of luck.
Albert.
Dave Stevens wrote:
Hi,
I have a dual boot system with Windows and Linux on separate drives. After
some recent problems with booting I ran memtest86. In 40 hours more or less I
got about 600 memory errors. I don't like this but am somewhat at a loss to
understand how it compares to other systems or what consequences are likely
to stem from this. What I want to avoid is system instability and
unpredictable behaviour. Can anyone point me to more information about how to
interpret this result? or has anyone an opinion?
Dave