Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)'
Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Posted by Mike Trabel
(1 messages posted)
I have a question about Dealing
with Bad Memory (RAM):
my computer is shutting its self down at random moments with no warning. the power
cell is fine, and it's not overheating. my best guess is a problem with the memory
chip. could it possibly be something different? is there a way to check and be
sure it's the memory before i replace it? i would really appreciate any feedback.
thanks
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re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)'
Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Posted by C K
(6031 messages posted)
Bad mamory will usually cause a BSOD or data corruption and associating error messages
(check your Event Viewer). IME, it will never just power down a machine without
warning (unless it would directly short out and cause a power problem). Powering
down without warning it usually due to powersupply problems (or unstable incoming
power), heat or a hardware device failure/instability (which could be difficult to
track down without the proper tools).
On Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 8:08 pm, Mike Trabel wrote:
>I have a question about Dealing
>with Bad Memory (RAM):
>
>
>my computer is shutting its self down at random moments with no warning. the power
>cell is fine, and it's not overheating. my best guess is a problem with the memory
>chip. could it possibly be something different? is there a way to check and be
>sure it's the memory before i replace it? i would really appreciate any feedback.
> thanks
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