[thelist] Desparate, Please Help: Memory Problem [OT]

[Chris Johnston]

Okay, Thank you for such a quick response. I will try to do some more
tests with the memory and also try to purchase some new ram and see if
that solves the problem.

Thank you.

/chris

Hugh Blair wrote:

>
>In a word, no. But the symptoms you described (well done there) really
>point to your RAM. Your hard disk is out of the picture, the CPU is 99%
>out of the picture. It could be a motherboard issue, but since memory
>is fairly cheap, that's the place to start. If putting all new memory
>chips in doesn't solve it, then it's probably a motherboard issue. But
>those are rare.
>
>High odds it's memory. Besides, you said "I have run a memory
>test program - memtest86 - and it found 9 errors while it was going
>through test #10." There is points to the error.
>
>--
>   Hugh
>
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