Re: Random Crashes
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:54:18PM +0200, Gregor wrote:
> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> > So I took of the "old" 512Mb ram module, because it should be the
> >one with problems, since the crashes happened already when I had only
> >that one. The system still crashed. Just to be sure, I put it on again,
> >and only this one, and the system also crashes. The motherboard has two
> >slots for RAM. I tried both modules in both slots, and I did notice that
> >when a module (either one) is in one of the slots, the system crashes
> >just after boot --- at most I can type the password and let KDE start,
> >but it crashes before KDE is fully loaded. With a module in the other
> >slot, then the system is usable most of the times.
> >
> > So, am I really unlucky to have two memory modules with problems, or
> >what else should I suspect? Motherboard? Processor? What would be the
> >possible ways to diagnose the problem?
To me it sounds like a hardware fault somewhere along the path to the
memory slots with more problem on one than the other. I'd say swap the
processor but most people don't have a spare hanging around (ditto spare
MBs), and there's the heat-sink issue. Do you have a spare system that
takes the same kind of memory you can try your sticks in? As I see it,
the problem with relying on something like memtest is that it tests the
whole memory system not just the sticks; a faulty MB on the memory path
can show as bad memory.
As far as what to suspect, there's really only three things: MB, CPU,
memory sticks. Suspect all.
Doug.
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