[Bug 787674] Re: Memtest provided with the Natty distro is incompatible with Sandy Bridge chipset

[Stan Osborn]

Keywords: Memtest, Memtest86, v4.10, Intel I5-2500k, Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-
D2H-B3, Mushkin Redline Pc3-17000, DDR3, Natty, Sandy Bridge.

        Long story short: Memtest86+  V4.10 is BROKEN on late model
hardware (June 9, 2011). Do not use.

        Memtest86+ V4.10 is the default for Natty Ubuntu 11.04.

        Bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memtest86+/+bug/787674

Regards,
Adam.

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Title:
  Memtest provided with the Natty distro is incompatible with Sandy
  Bridge chipset

Status in “memtest86+” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The app. locks up upon launch and a hard reboot is needed.
  I downloaded 4.2 from http://www.memtest.org/ and it worked as expected.  Should the version on the distro be updated?

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