Bad RAM?

[Guest]

I've had problems with my system for a week now and it freezes during larger
tasks and reboots randomly. I thought it was my HD (so I got a new one) or my
cabling (replaced) or my motherboard (yet to be determined). But a friend
suggested it may be my RAM. So I took out the oldest stick (some no-name 256)
and just have one 256 kingston in now. And it hasnt frozen yet. Is this
possible or is it just luck? These problems only started recently so is it
possible the RAM just randomly gave out? Thank you.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've had problems with my system for a week now and it freezes
during larger tasks and reboots randomly. I thought it was my HD
(so I got a new one) or my cabling (replaced) or my motherboard
(yet to be determined). But a friend suggested it may be my RAM. So
I took out the oldest stick (some no-name 256) and just have one
256 kingston in now. And it hasnt frozen yet. Is this possible or
is it just luck? These problems only started recently so is it
possible the RAM just randomly gave out? Thank you.

Yes - and it is one of the cheapest components in your system. Get 1GB from
somewhere and put it in. =)

 

[Guest]

Sweet I was hoping for that . Ive been running my system with heavy duty
tasks for the past 30mins and no freezing with the 'bad' stick out. Yay.
Thanks

 

[Ron Hardin]

I've had a 1gb chip fail after about a week.

On my Dell there are memory tests you can run to confirm it
(hit F12 repeatedly as it boots and select diagnostics when it
finally inquires what you want)

The super Dell memory tests that load after the initial ones
turned up the error in mine. You can run them infinitely often
until you get tired of waiting.

I just returned the chip and got a new one and all is well.

There are no doubt lots of memory testers you can boot.

 

[Ron Martell]

I've had problems with my system for a week now and it freezes during larger
tasks and reboots randomly. I thought it was my HD (so I got a new one) or my
cabling (replaced) or my motherboard (yet to be determined). But a friend
suggested it may be my RAM. So I took out the oldest stick (some no-name 256)
and just have one 256 kingston in now. And it hasnt frozen yet. Is this
possible or is it just luck? These problems only started recently so is it
possible the RAM just randomly gave out? Thank you.

It is possible that the RAM you removed is not actually defective, but
rather is just not compatible with the Kingston module because of
differences in the material composition and/or physical layout of the
RAM chips themselves. This would be even more likely if the two
modules had different specifications (e.g. one was rated as faster
than the other).

You can check out the RAM modules with one of the following free
memory testing utilities:
DocMemory http://www.simmtester.com
Windows Memory Diagnostic http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
Memtest86: http://www.memtest86.com

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada