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* [gentoo-user] Re: Suspend to RAM caused crashes
  @ 2011-08-22  4:54 99%     ` Francesco Talamona
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From: Francesco Talamona @ 2011-08-22  4:54 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Sunday 21 August 2011, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 08/21/2011 02:19 PM, Francesco Talamona wrote:
> >  I wish yours it's not a RAM
> > 
> > issue, it could be tricky to spot, because memtest is not putting
> > any load to the machine, so it's very useful when it reports
> > error, but when it doesn't you can't be sure if RAM modules are in
> > good health.
> 
> CPU load doesn't affect RAM errors.  CPU load affects CPU errors.  If
> you only get RAM errors during heavy load, the RAM is just fine, but
> your CPU has a fault.

I see your point: to better explain my statement I point you to 
http://people.redhat.com/~dledford/memtest.shtml

The idea is that a "synthetic" test isn't guaranteed to repeat real life 
conditions, so its results has to be interpreted rather than taken 
acritically.

Cheers
	Francesco
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