pitaro@savax.UUCP (Michael Pitaro) (11/05/86)
I've been using my IBM/PC-XT for 2 years now with very few parity
errors. However after I installed VENIX (yet another UNIX) I started
getting parity errors constantly. The VENIX technical support told me
that VENIX exercises the memory a little more thouroughly than PCDOS
so it's probabely my memory board. I also ran the diagnostic disk
that came with the computer but no parity errors showed up. Now for
the questions.
1) Why doesn't the power on test find this?
2) Doesn't the diagnostic disk exercise the memory?
3) Are there any public domain memory tests I could get?
4) Are there any commercial memory tests I could buy?
5) Is there a good reference for generic memory tests if I have to
write my own?
Michael Pitaro
UUCP: {decvax|sii}savax!pitaro