Re: A netcard driver failed the query for OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED How do you fix?

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:38:19 -0400, Jefferis NoSpamme
<jefferisp7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Does the memtest-86 keep running indefinitely? It has run all night and
>Passed 22 without errors, through test #6, but it doesn't say how many tests
>in total it will do...

Yes. It goes on and on forever until stopped. It's safe to just
punch reset or kill the power. 22 passes is more than sufficient to
demonstrate that there are no memory, CPU, and motherboard issues.
There are some options to do a "complete" test, but I've found this to
be un-necessary. If you have a possible memory error that shows up in
a few hours, running it overnight will usually show something.

That being said, I was dealing with erratic problems on a Toughbook
M34 that was eventually traced to an incompatible SODRAM stick. It
would pass Memtest86 running over a weekend, but would still blue
screen the machine after a few hours. Therefore, it seems that
Memtest86 isn't infallible, but it's the best I can offer.


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