[NTLUG:Discuss] Progress Report and Memtest86+ question [Was: Re: slightly OT - external USB hard drive]

[Fred James]

Fred James wrote:
> Leroy Tennison wrote:
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>> Fred James wrote:
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>>> Fred James wrote:
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>>>>> All
>>>>> (pardon the slightly OT)
>>>>> The machine in question is currently running Windows 98 SE
>>>>> The problem is to save the user content and convert the machine to Linux 
>>>>> (only)
>>>>>
>>>>> The OT part is ...
>>>>>     (a) best way to get the data from the W98SE box? - neither my 
>>>>> external USB hard drive or my USB flash memory will work on that OS
>>>>>     (b) the box has been crashing/freezing a lot, in what appears to be 
>>>>> your basic "memory leak" problem - no errors messages presented - is 
>>>>> there a good/safe way to test/inspect the memory?
>>>>>     (b.1) I hate to do all the work to find the Linux suffered on the 
>>>>> machine as well, just because the memory was flaky.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Fred James
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> All
>>> Progress:
>>>     Moved HD to enclosure and copied data to Linux machine - went quite well
>>>     Returned HD to original machine, plus added two more drives - plan 
>>> is Linux (single boot) on the two new drives and mount the old data on 
>>> old drive - it is a comfort factor for the owner of the box
>>>     Linux install failed - was good through partitioning, and then 
>>> failed during the actual install
>>>        BTW - never could get a Live CD to boot on this box
>>>     Running Memtest86+ v1.70 (came with the install CD)
>>>        So far, 5 passes with one error in the 3rd pass
>>>
>>> Question:
>>>     Cure? or just replace the memory?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
>>> Regards
>>> Fred James
>>>
>>>
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>> At this point the question I have is "How much time have you invested
>> and what's the cost of new hardware?"  Without the answers to those
>> questions I wouldn't make a suggestion.  With Win98SE as the previous OS
>> it doesn't sound like a motherboard and RAM replacement would cost too
>> much.  I've tried to help people before by avoiding cost and it has
>> turned into a fiasco.
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> Leroy Tennison
> Cost is of course always a consideration, but in this case not so much 
> as trying to trace the issue ... your suggestion then is to replace both 
> the MB and the memory?
> By the way (for those following the thought), I did do a visual 
> inspection of the capacitors while I had the case open, and I found 
> nothing out of the ordinary that I could see
> Regards
> Fred James
Also: Memorytest86+ 1.70 still running, but after 12 iterations ...
    2 fails on the same test, different addresses
       Test 7 on iterations 3 and 10
Regards
Fred James