*****POSSIBLE SPAM***** [NTLUG:Discuss] Memtest86 and CPU cache

[Stephen Klein]

Courtney Grimland wrote:
> Not exactly Linux-related, but is anyone familiar with memtest86?  When 
> I run it on one particular box, it gives an error every time for the 
> same address range, no matter what memory stick(s) are in it or what 
> order they're in.  The address range is fairly close to zero - at around 
> 6MB out of 768MB.  Is this indicating that the CPU (cache) is bad?  I 
> know there's not 6MB of cache, but the fact that it's always the same 
> address range is strange.
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It's been a while since I used it but there should be an option in 
memtest86 to disable the cache.  Memtest86 should be taking the cache 
into consideration, but try that first.

Sounds like a problem with the motherboard to me.

Stephen