Will DDR3 memory freeze 10.04?

[scar]

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J. L. @ 03/14/2011 02:22 PM:
> Am 14.03.2011 21:53 schrieb Larry Vaden:
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:10 PM, scar <scar at drigon.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Trying desperately to figure out why a brand-new system running 10.04
>>> 64-bit keeps freezing after 3-5 days uptime.  power supply tests good,
>>> memtest reports no errors after going through 1 pass
>>>
>> Make sure you have good clean solid power and please consider running
>> the memtest for a _MUCH LONGER_ period of time.
>>
> Full ack!
> 
> I found power supply instabilities (for example 3,15 instead of the
> specified 3,3 Volts or any other voltages) quite often to be the cause
> for system instabilities.
> 
> And memtest should be run "as long as possible" but at least for two
> whole days.
> 

Thanks.

i'm reluctant to run memtest for so long since the machine is already
deployed, but it looks i'll need to.

so, if, after several days of memtest, errors do start showing up, how
can i know that the memory is the culprit?  the memory is ECC so i kind
of thought that was what ECC was for, to prevent memory errors from
taking down the system??

is it more likely it could be the power supply?  i have one of those
blocks that i plug the headers into and all the lights are green (except
for one, but i contacted Antec and they said that was normal for this
supply)


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