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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:26 AM Original message |
Can RAM suddenly go bad? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. When RAM goes bad... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Can it be fixed by simply replacing the RAM? |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah but you might wanna try defraging it first |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Is 3 1/2 years the lifespan of ram? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. Once upon a time... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Did you even have enough ran for Win 95? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I did. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Try popping the RAM out of the sockets and reseating the modules. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Whoops - I wish I'd seen your post first. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm running Memtest, It looks like a single ram module |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I don't move it that much |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oops, self-del, another already mentioned it |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. RAM can go bad, and there usually isn't warning. HOWEVER, RAM can also come loose |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. take out one chip at a time.. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It can boot into safe mode on XP |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Once you replace the bad stick |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The manual says it can support up to 4 gigs |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. here is what you need to do... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Slot 3 is giving me the errors in memtest |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Cool... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Manual doesn't say |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. it might |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. They start hanging out on street corners and run around with a bad crowd |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. I know this doesn't help, but your post reminded me of this cartoon. |
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