Memory bad or motherboard

[Tester]

Hi - I am looking for some advice about memory. I downloaded and ran
DocMemory on my Win2k pc because every now and then I would get a boot up
error. When running the test it fails on Base memory and on Walk Address 0
Loop 1. I have 2 sticks of PC2100 128MB ram and when I take one out and try
the other, swop them around and over, the test is the same all the time.

Does anyone know if this is an indication of the memory slot (and therefore
the board) being broke, or is it something else? I don't have any other ram
to test so I cannot run the test with a fresh piece.

TIA
Chris

 

[MyndPhlyp]

Hi - I am looking for some advice about memory. I downloaded and ran
DocMemory on my Win2k pc because every now and then I would get a boot up
error. When running the test it fails on Base memory and on Walk Address 0
Loop 1. I have 2 sticks of PC2100 128MB ram and when I take one out and try
the other, swop them around and over, the test is the same all the time.

Does anyone know if this is an indication of the memory slot (and therefore
the board) being broke, or is it something else? I don't have any other ram
to test so I cannot run the test with a fresh piece.

Generally speaking, if you swap the order of the sticks and one of the
sticks is bad, the address of the fault will move with the stick. You're not
seeing that, so ...

It sounds like you have a bum memory slot on the motherboard. Try taking
your memory sticks to Best Buy or a geek shop and have it tested just to be
sure. Depending on how you approach them, they might even do it for free.

Using a soft eraser, carefully buff up the contacts on the memory sticks
(and try to be static sensitive). If your memory slot is of borderline
quality, the super-clean contacts might help.

Occasionally, I've seen motherboards where you don't have to populate Slot 0
(or any particular slot) first. Check the motherboard specifications. If you
can populate any slot, try omitting the slot(s) you've already used - start
with one stick. Even if you can't find documentation to verify this
possibility, go ahead and try an unused slot; you might get lucky.