MIM test 86 is on the computer I'm running it now I did not I could not load it from the USB drive I hope that does not matter

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019, 12:46 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

 Okay e t I bought a USB drive and ran the command 2 put the memtest on it but when I boot it gets to verifying DMI pool and just sits . I've had a going for about 15 minutes and nothing's happened what do you advise I do

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 6:38 AM <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:

You only need 500MG.
A USB HD that size will be cheaper than the can of air.
Buy one too!
ET


Michael writes:

> all the fans are working. I'll try the memtest.... I don't have a spare usb
> drive large enough.....
> $ sudo dd if=memtest86-usb.img of=/dev/sdc
> dd: writing to '/dev/sdc': No space left on device
> 128001+0 records in
> 128000+0 records out
> 65536000 bytes (66 MB, 62 MiB) copied, 21.5638 s, 3.0 MB/s
> bmike1@MikesBeast:/tmp$
> I'll take care of it tomorrow
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:48 PM <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree that heat is a big suspect, but it could also be some creative
>> video
>> driver or a bad memory.
>> Give memtest a try:
>> https://www.memtest86.com/downloads/memtest86-usb.zip
>> ET
>>
>>
>> Matthew Crews writes:
>>
>> > On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote:
>> >> Thank you so much for the help I really truly appreciate it.
>> >
>> > No problem, its what we are here for.
>> >
>> >>     Does it reboot while you are using it? Are you using very intensive
>> >>     applications on it, or very not-intensive applications?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So far it has only only reboot. after I load Chrome. And it doesn't
>> >> happen all the time  usually it will load the Chrome and it will reboot
>> >> then open it again and then it will be fine.
>> >
>> > Chrome is notoriously resource intensive. Maybe give Chromium or Firefox
>> > a try.
>> >
>> > But based on that answer I'm leaning towards a fan failure first. As you
>> > said you are currently in Miami, so when you get back definitely check
>> that.
>> >
>> > Could also be simple dust accumulation, something a can of air can fix.
>> > That is something that is obvious to see when you look.
>> >
>> > There are a few other possible things to check, but lets rule out the
>> > simple stuff first before we dive deeper.
>> >
>> > -Matt
>> >
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