Re: (OT) md5sum proving to be an EXCELLENT memory test

Leonard Milcin, Jr
2003-04-20T21:45:56Z

Stephen Satchell wrote:
> (...)
> as perfect.) Perform md5sum on the files on the server and save the
> results, and the signatures would be different from run to run on the
> same files.
>
> Incompatible RAM.
> (...)

I had the same situation with some cheap mobo (ECS K7S5A+) of friend of
mine. You don't need to check md5sums. Why is MD5 better than any other
method? I just simply found, that when I copy file A to B, and then A to
C, it is possible that B and C differs. Most of the time with one byte.

The advice is to use some good memory test suite from time to time - it
will do better its job than you just checking signatures on large files.

Regards,

Leonard