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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Oscar Castaneda" <oscarcvt@hotmail.com>,
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Subject: RE: Random crashes -- resolved
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:57:16 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Oscar Castaneda
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 7:32 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Cc: jmblant@clemson.edu
> Subject: Re: Random crashes -- resolved
>
> >Okay, I downloaded memtest86, and it turns out my RAM is getting
> >flaky.  Thanks to everyone that replied.
>
> i have a similar problem to Jonathan's, my computer crashes or
> freezes every
> so often, almost every day,
>
> reading Jonathan's reply, i remembered.. i have 1 pc-133 64M DIMM and 1
> pc-100 128M DIMM.
>
> Do you guys think my ram is getting flaky also? or does the
> access frequency
> difference affect my case?

	Are you running them at 100 or 133 MHz?  If you're running them at 133 MHz,
you could end up with problems.  I personally have been "underclocking" a
stick of PC-133 at 100 MHz without problems. YMMV, however...

--- Andy


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