Yes, RAM just goes bad. Anything could cause it. Handling, minor power glitches, heat. I've seen more than enough parts just quit without warning. For CPUs and video cards it's usually a heat thing. Motherboards go due to power problems and faulty/cheap capacitors (think ECS/PCchips here).
Download and run memtest86 and allow it to run for a few minutes. Usually if you have a bad stick of RAM you'll know within seconds of the program starting. That be all, Mr O. --- Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Miller wrote: > > Googling for the text of the error message implies that it > usually > > indicates flaky RAM or motherboard. > > > > Have you seen that message many times or just once? Is it > Intel or > > AMD? > > Just once. This is an AMD Thunderbird 1 GHz machine. The > message > saying "Bank 1" suggests RAM to me too. > > Can RAM just suddenly go bad? I've had this machine for years > without > any problems. But replacing a stick of RAM is cheap. > > I'll keep an eye on the logs. > > -Rob __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
