From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 05:47:25 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 E6FC116A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:47:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web50803.mail.yahoo.com (web50803.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D9F543D39 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:47:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from plaur_27@yahoo.de) Message-ID: <20040820054725.19514.qmail@web50803.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [217.230.16.211] by web50803.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:47:25 CEST Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:47:25 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Laurentiu=20Pancescu?= To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: <20040815210157.GA82003@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:47:26 -0000 I've tested the entire week, with some weird results. No errors are found inside any of the two modules, when I test them separately (in slot one). When I have both modules, I get a few hundreds errors. I've cleaned the slots and the contacts, but no change. The funny thing is that all the errors seem located in the 0-128M range, even if I swap the position of the two modules. I've tested multiple times, for up to 16 hours at a time, and the results are consistent: no errors with a single module, a lot of them with both inserted, no matter which is the order of the modules (original, or swapped). I assume it's the fault of the motherboard, not of the memory modules. Thanks eveybody for the answers - I think I should get a new motherboard and processor. Laurentiu --- Gary Kline schrieb: > 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 ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 100MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de