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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
