From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 15 21:02:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36BE16A4CE for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:02:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B1C43D2D for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:02:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7FL21FS087499; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:02:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7FL1xqb082037; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:01:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7FL1wIO082036; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:01:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:01:57 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Laurentiu Pancescu Message-ID: <20040815210157.GA82003@thought.org> References: <20040815192434.GA14891@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040815203141.96877.qmail@web50806.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040815203141.96877.qmail@web50806.mail.yahoo.com> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dealing with deffective RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:02:03 -0000 On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:31:41PM +0200, Laurentiu Pancescu wrote: > I was afraid this is what I'll be told, you're > probably right. I have two 128M modules, I'll try to > find the faulty one, by running the tests just with > one at a time. If it's one of them (could also be the > processor, or the mainboard, right?), is it better to > buy a replacement for the defective one, or just a > single 256M module, to avoid mismatches between the > chips? MB is a Matsonic/Chaintech 7AJA0 (I know, it's > cheap and not very good - that's what Compaq decided > to put inside Presario), KT833-based, hosting an > Athlon 1100MHz. 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 > > Thanks, > Laurentiu > > --- Kris Kennaway schrieb: > > Remove the defective ones and replace them - don't > > waste time trying > > to squeeze life out of the damaged hardware. > > They're dead, and there > > are probably other faults that the memory testers > > didn't find. > > > > Kris > > > > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix