Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 10:55:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: davidg@Root.COM, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can someone explain why... Message-ID: <199604141755.KAA23202@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960414011550.200E-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Apr 14, 96 01:18:24 am"
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> On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, David Greenman wrote: > > > Simple - you have a memory problem and the part of memory that is caching > > gcc is wrong. It just happens that the code involved is only exercised when > > you use -O. It's easy to test this: just reboot your computer and see if the > > problem goes away. If it persists, then you might have a corrupt gcc binary. > > > Okay, that works for me...is there anything I can do to a SIMM to > test it *before* I change it? Or to test the new one before I even put it > in? Trial and Error doesn't seem to be an effective way of fixing this > problem :( Find a memory supplier that has a SIMM tester, that is the only true and accurate way to rule a SIMM good or bad, sans replacing it. I know these folks are not easy to find, but check with your local PC distributors (not retailers), they sometimes have one around. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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