memtest86 hangs, but Linux and Windows run okay

In comp.os.linux.hardware otruyo <noemail.DeleteThis@nodomain.no>:
 > anybody wrote:
  >> I am using the memtest86 program from the SuSE 9.0 install/rescue CD to
[..]

 > Besides BIOS upgrade, and the kernel compilation test, you could also
 > have a look at your chipset setting in the BIOS setup. Maybe you are
 > using some specs that your chipset - RAM combination don't like. Try
 > with some changes, increasing delay times, and so on. I am almost no
 > confident with this, but maybe it should help.

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 >> Stay informed about: memtest86 hangs, but Linux and Windows run okay 

Joe Beanfish wrote:
 > BTW, BIOS memory diagnostics aren't. All the bios does is detect
 > presence. It's "test" is fairly worthless.

Years ago I had the top off my case, and when some coffee hit the wrong
spot in my throat I spewed a mouthful all over the inside. I killed the
power and tilted the unit to let it drip dry, and hoped. When I started
it back up, it easily passed the BIOS memory test, but it barfed on
the *very first* memory write it tried (at x86 address 0000:0000, the
interrupt list).

I managed to rinse the boards off with distilled water and recover the
computer, but I had learned all I needed to know about BIOS memory
tests.

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 >> Stay informed about: memtest86 hangs, but Linux and Windows run okay