bdonvrA to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCan I get an F in the chat boysexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squarebdonvrOPAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLinux? I’ve heard if you can identify the bad blocks (assuming it’s just one group of bad blocks) you can tell the kernel to not use those. If you’re technically inclined.
minus-squarejustlemmyin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI ran this too on mine, I had the mode set to memmap. Badram is old, grub these days expects memmap. There were a few areas but they were close enough, so this is what I ended with. Blocks of 64K were enough to fix this. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash memmap=64K\\\$0x3c8f0000,64K\\\$0x49068000,96K\\\$0xa24660000"
minus-squareadarza@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agohe has windows, but i’ll mention the option to him next chance i get.
minus-squareSteveTech@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThere is a option for Windows: https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist.html#badmemorylist Although it seems like it may be broken.
Linux? I’ve heard if you can identify the bad blocks (assuming it’s just one group of bad blocks) you can tell the kernel to not use those. If you’re technically inclined.
I ran this too on mine, I had the mode set to memmap. Badram is old, grub these days expects memmap.
There were a few areas but they were close enough, so this is what I ended with.
Blocks of 64K were enough to fix this.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash memmap=64K\\\$0x3c8f0000,64K\\\$0x49068000,96K\\\$0xa24660000"he has windows, but i’ll mention the option to him next chance i get.
There is a option for Windows: https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist.html#badmemorylist
Although it seems like it may be broken.