I'm not sure. Memory doesn't fail very often. I don't remember memory failing in pieces, but I suppose it's possible.
If you replace the memory, it could be the motherboard that is making it fail. So I'm not sure what to recommend to you. --- On Sun, 10/12/08, Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [NF] Memory failure question > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 7:38 PM > My kids' e-Machine PC suddenly stopped working. When I > rebooted > it, it started beeping with an error pattern that indicated > there > was a memory problem. > I had two 1G memory cards in the unit. I tried various > combinations of the memory cards in the machine's 2 > memory slots > and found 1 combination that worked with 1 specific card in > 1 > specific slot - with the caveat that instead of 1G of RAM, > the > computer only reports 348M. > Is it conceivable that a memory card could partially fail > along a > multiple of 2? I would have thought that memory failures > were > binary - either a memory card works or it doesn't. > Could this problem also be a problem with the machine's > motherboard? I'm asking because there seem to be a lot > of > complaints about e-Machine motherboard quality. > Comments from anyone with hardware experience appreciated. > Thanks, > Malcolm > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
