On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:50:35 -0400, Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net>
wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:41:31 -0400, FB wrote:
>
>> Get a copy of memtest86
>
>> http://www.memtest86.com/download.html
>
>> I have found this cures a lot of problems. I had a couple of linux boxex
>> that had a bad ram stick that I had run for months with intermittent
>> errors. I noticed it most if I tried to install a new system (iso).
> #1 Always check for overheating. It's an easy and fast thing to confirm
> or not.
>
> #2 I second RAM for really "weird" problems. Usually if a stick of RAM
> is bad, it's bad from the get go. But I had one go bad and it caused all
> sorts of really odd stuff. Most noticeable is one OS I have would boot
> but another would not.
>
> I also found that in running just a few days in that state caused some
> file corruption. Nothing really serious but I'd check any *new* files
> for errors.
>
> If you have more than one stick of RAM pull one and then the other to
> see if you can spot the bad one.
>

thanks for the advice. I mentioned in another reply that all the fans are
running and I have the side panel off, hopefully keeping the computer
cooler. i will be running the memtest86 program tonight when i go to bed
and report any problems, if any, that it finds. I have earlier switched my
ram out, swopping the slots they sit in, which seemed not to have any
effect at all. are you suggesting running the computer with only one ram
module in at a time (i have two 512 sticks of ram)? that might be a good
idea, as I would rather not purchase a new computer right now, and would
much rather just have to purchase some new ram. i will try that tomorow.

thanks everyone for all the help so far

bst


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