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I hate RAM
Jan. 22nd, 2016 01:55 amBeen having (probably) memory problems with this box for some time.
I'd thought I'd identified which of the four 1 gig DIMMs was the problem. But apparently not.
So for the last week or so, I'd been trying something more systematic. I'd pulled a DIMM, and when the system blue screened again, I took out the DIMM in slot one and put the one that'd been out in slot 1.
Basic idea was that if just one DIMM had problems, then if I got a BSOD while thart one was it, it wasn't the problem. After the next crash, I pulled the one in slot 2, and replaced it with the one that'd been out.
Unfortunately, as of yesterday, I'd had BSODs with each of the 4 DIMMs not presemnt.
Which means that either it wasn't the RAM, or it's *two* of them that are bad. *sigh*.
So I'm going after it differently. I'm running the box with only *one* DIMM in it (which is moderately painful).
If there aren't any BSODs in a few days (I may go a whole week if I can stand the slowness of the system), then I'll swap in a different DIMM and try again for the same period.
Hopefully this will isolate the bad DIMMs.
Then I get to go to Free Geek and buy replacements (used, since nobody sells the appropriate DIMMs new anymore).
Bleah.
I'd thought I'd identified which of the four 1 gig DIMMs was the problem. But apparently not.
So for the last week or so, I'd been trying something more systematic. I'd pulled a DIMM, and when the system blue screened again, I took out the DIMM in slot one and put the one that'd been out in slot 1.
Basic idea was that if just one DIMM had problems, then if I got a BSOD while thart one was it, it wasn't the problem. After the next crash, I pulled the one in slot 2, and replaced it with the one that'd been out.
Unfortunately, as of yesterday, I'd had BSODs with each of the 4 DIMMs not presemnt.
Which means that either it wasn't the RAM, or it's *two* of them that are bad. *sigh*.
So I'm going after it differently. I'm running the box with only *one* DIMM in it (which is moderately painful).
If there aren't any BSODs in a few days (I may go a whole week if I can stand the slowness of the system), then I'll swap in a different DIMM and try again for the same period.
Hopefully this will isolate the bad DIMMs.
Then I get to go to Free Geek and buy replacements (used, since nobody sells the appropriate DIMMs new anymore).
Bleah.
