Trash Talk - Possible reason my comp crashes often wEaViL - Tue May 10, 2005 5:10 am Post subject: Possible reason my comp crashes often
Anyone know how to fix this?
Mr Ekted - Tue May 10, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Replace the RAM.
Assassin2684 - Tue May 10, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:
Ya i think you have bad ram.
Mine GO BOOM - Tue May 10, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:
Try running memtest86. If you are bad at making CDs, use Ultimate Boot CD, which contains memtest86 on it along with a host of other useful programs. Run it for a hour or so. If you have bad ram, it usually detects the errors fairly quickly.
wEaViL - Tue May 10, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:
I was thinking whenever i have time this weekend taking 1 of my chips out and running the test and seeing what happens then testing the 2nd chip to see what happens. Maybe just 1 of the chips is having errors. I have a feeling its the generic chip that I started out with 2 years ago.
Cyan~Fire - Wed May 11, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject:
So how does a memory tester "expect" a value at a specific offset?
Mr Ekted - Wed May 11, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject:
It's writes it there and reads it back.
wEaViL - Thu May 12, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject:
i took 1 chip out and its running great now.... i noticed that 1 of the chips is a single layer (chips on only 1 side of the module) and the other it dual layers (chips on both sides) couldn't that be the issue? like 1 chip is a 64 X 4 and the other is a 128 X 2 ?
Solo Ace - Fri May 13, 2005 9:45 am Post subject:
I'd guess not.
Cyan~Fire - Fri May 13, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:
Yes, it's possible weavil, but that shouldn't be the issue. In an ideal world, you could mix any type of memory and not have crashing problems, it would just slow down your system.
