Bad memory

[steve7233]

My computer was freezing and spontaneously restarting quit often! Last night I noticed an error message during reboot that said something about a low memory error. It disappeared so fast that I barley had time to read it. I rebooted and told Grub II to run the memory checking program. I discovered 20 bad memory locations. Is there a program that allocates memory to programs in 14.06 and can I tell it to isolate the 20 bad memory locations? I will be moving soon and I will buy a new computer when I get to my new residence but in the meantime...

[oshunluvr]

You're looking for the memmap command

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...error-indicati

[oshunluvr]

If you have more than one stick and all the errors are on the same stick (likely) you could pull the bad one.

Also, try removing the RAM and re-seating it. Heat soak can cause things to move around a bit.

[steve7233]

When I type memmap it says command not found. Does 16.04 use something else?

[Snowhog]

When I type memmap it says command not found. Does 16.04 use something else?

memmap isn't a command you run in a console; it's a kernel 'option'.

[steve7233]

I tried pressing on the memory cards and slot clicked twice and slot clicked once. I ran the memory test again and t showed no errors! I am going to try playing a few youtube videos to see if the computer freezes or reboots. hopefully is solved. *Crosses fingers.

[jlittle]

I tried pressing on the memory cards and slot clicked twice and slot clicked once.

A next step could be to clean the RAM stick's contacts with a pencil eraser. Worked for me once. Just don't leave any rubber on the stick.

Regards, John Little