Do a memory test before upgrading to Fedora 15

[Tim]

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 11:48 +0200, birger wrote:
> Massive (really massive) memory failures on a rather
> new PC that had passed memtest86 just a few months ago when it was
> built.

Were proper anti-static precautions taken when it was built?

The usual ramification of not taking them is that the components are
damaged, but still work at the time.  Some time later, they fail.  Long
time after you'd associate that failure with handling the components.

The time interval would depend on the degree of static damage.  When we
were studying digital electronics at college, back when I was young and
dinosaurs roamed the Earth, we'd be talking about knocking years off the
expected life of the equipment.  i.e. When something died years later,
when it should have lasted twenty years, or so, static shock would have
been the diagnosed cause.

More extreme shock would have a much shorter time period, of course.

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