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Need help here !
My PC has 2 DDR2 memory modules, 1GB each, for a total of 2GB RAM.
The OS is WinXP.
For the past few days, the PC kind of halting. Sometimes the cursor
kind of not responding, sometimes some other things happened,
indicating that something is terribly wrong --- most probably a MEMORY
error.
I downloaded 3 memtest programs,
1 from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/,
1 from http://www.memtest86.com/download.html,
1 from http://www.memtest.org/
First test -
Booted up the PC with the Memtest bootCD from www.memtest86.com.
Ran the test overnight.
No error !
Went back to Windows, the halting problems cropped up. So I ran a
second test.
Second test -
Booted up the PC with the Memtest bootCD from www.memtest.org.
Ran the test overnight again.
Again, No error !
Went back to Windows, again the halting problems !! So the 3rd test.
I drop XP to safe mode with command prompt, then call up 2 instances
of the memtest from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/, each checking
918MB.
Result - Errors !
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c21c71 and 4c2193a did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Pair 19897713 does not store values accurately.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 5547871 and 5547832 did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c32471 and 4c323a2 did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 36f8071 and 36f8060a did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c32471 and 4c322d9 did not result in accurate copy.
Conclusion:
Something wrong with the DDR2 memory module !
Problem:
Which module giving out errors?
I got one of the DDR2 module out. Ran the memtest from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
-- no error.
Switch the sticks to test the other DDR2 module. Ran the memtest from
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ -- again no error !
Now I'm totally confused. Why when I ran the test with both DDR2
modules, I got errors, and no error when I ran the modules one at a
time??
So I ran the bootCD memtest test again, this time with one module at a
time. Again no error on both runs !
What am I doing wrong here? How am I going to locate which module that
is giving out errors? Can anyone help out please?
Thank you !
My PC has 2 DDR2 memory modules, 1GB each, for a total of 2GB RAM.
The OS is WinXP.
For the past few days, the PC kind of halting. Sometimes the cursor
kind of not responding, sometimes some other things happened,
indicating that something is terribly wrong --- most probably a MEMORY
error.
I downloaded 3 memtest programs,
1 from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/,
1 from http://www.memtest86.com/download.html,
1 from http://www.memtest.org/
First test -
Booted up the PC with the Memtest bootCD from www.memtest86.com.
Ran the test overnight.
No error !
Went back to Windows, the halting problems cropped up. So I ran a
second test.
Second test -
Booted up the PC with the Memtest bootCD from www.memtest.org.
Ran the test overnight again.
Again, No error !
Went back to Windows, again the halting problems !! So the 3rd test.
I drop XP to safe mode with command prompt, then call up 2 instances
of the memtest from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/, each checking
918MB.
Result - Errors !
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c21c71 and 4c2193a did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Pair 19897713 does not store values accurately.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 5547871 and 5547832 did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c32471 and 4c323a2 did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 36f8071 and 36f8060a did not result in accurate copy.
Memory Errors Detected !
Copying between 4c32471 and 4c322d9 did not result in accurate copy.
Conclusion:
Something wrong with the DDR2 memory module !
Problem:
Which module giving out errors?
I got one of the DDR2 module out. Ran the memtest from http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
-- no error.
Switch the sticks to test the other DDR2 module. Ran the memtest from
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ -- again no error !
Now I'm totally confused. Why when I ran the test with both DDR2
modules, I got errors, and no error when I ran the modules one at a
time??
So I ran the bootCD memtest test again, this time with one module at a
time. Again no error on both runs !
What am I doing wrong here? How am I going to locate which module that
is giving out errors? Can anyone help out please?
Thank you !