Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:47:25 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Laurentiu=20Pancescu?= <plaur_27@yahoo.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dealing with deffective RAM Message-ID: <20040820054725.19514.qmail@web50803.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040815210157.GA82003@thought.org>
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I've tested the entire week, with some weird results. No errors are found inside any of the two modules, when I test them separately (in slot one). When I have both modules, I get a few hundreds errors. I've cleaned the slots and the contacts, but no change. The funny thing is that all the errors seem located in the 0-128M range, even if I swap the position of the two modules. I've tested multiple times, for up to 16 hours at a time, and the results are consistent: no errors with a single module, a lot of them with both inserted, no matter which is the order of the modules (original, or swapped). I assume it's the fault of the motherboard, not of the memory modules. Thanks eveybody for the answers - I think I should get a new motherboard and processor. Laurentiu --- Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> schrieb: > If you're as cheap/thrify as many of us, > it may seem worth the effort to test. > But it's pretty likely that if one of > your 128 sticks is one, the other one > will soon follow. Nutshell, Kris is right. > > If your time is utterly free, go ahead. > I've learned that it pays to bite the bullet > and buy new and top-rated memory. I'd go > for a 256MB stick if/when you want to upgrade. > > (sign me "been-there") || gary ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 100MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de
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