Re: [FIXED] Random segfaults (was: Hup,hup Debian AMD64, Hup, hup)

[Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 06:52:43PM +0000, Dimitris Lampridis wrote:
> Found it! It was a faulty memory module (again! second time since October 
> 2005). For your information, its Crucial Ballistix. This is some negative 
> experience I have with this company... I also read on the net more negative 
> comments for the same products.
> 
> I've checked each one of the 4 modules by itself, 3 of them work nice without 
> any segfault, the 4th one, when being the only one installed, prevents the 
> machine from booting (somethimes stops before boot loader, other times on the 
> video card's initial screen, and most of the times the monitor doesn't even 
> turn on). So i'm back to 1G of mem and already packaging the modules for 
> return (they go in pairs and the company insists you return both of them)
> 
> Anyway, a BIG thanks to everybody, I didn't reply to the last posts cause I 
> was testing and waiting for the outcome.

Yay!

Yeah random segfaults did sound like memory problem.  Consistent
repeateable segfaults are usually software or cpu.

Good thing you found the bad module.

Len Sorensen