How to test and safely keep using your RAM

How to test and safely keep using your janky RAM without compromising stability using memtest86+ and the memmap kernel param.

  • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Very cool to be able to do that even though I’m not sure it’s worth it to run a RAM module that has a known defect.

    If the fault spreads there will be corruption again.

    • kumi@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      There is one part in the post mentioning how to “pad holes” in failing areas. Maybe I should expand it with some details around aligning reserved address space.

      Otherwise, corruption of the RAM itself does not usually spread like mold in bread or wear out and fail in similar ways to flash memory.

      • Tetsuo@jlai.luEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        By spreading I meant thar if there is an underlying manufacturing defect it would be really difficult to predict where and when it would happen on memory. And if there is already a fault detected more might come later.

        But I’m glad you documented how to do these types of workaround. It might be helpful with memory prices skyrocketing…