[NTLUG:Discuss] OT:strange memory activity

[Steve Baker]

Wayne Dahl wrote:

> For no apparent reason, it just started seeing the whole stick. 
> This is my hope of the new 256 Meg stick I just installed, although I'm
> not holding my breath.   

Look: Computers don't generally change their minds about how much memory they
have without you unplugging something or actively reconfiguring something.  If
it "just happens" - then it's a hardware fault.

There is no mystery here.

It's a hardware fault - it's not a BIOS problem - there is nothing you can
do about it.  Switching memory modules around will tell you NOTHING.

One of these days, you'll be doing something important on it and it'll decide
there is half as much memory as there was 10 nanoseconds ago - and Something
Bad Will Happen.

You can't fix it without a logic analyser, a detailed schematic, a bloody
good engineer and two days of extreme frustration.

Just toss the motherboard out and be done with it.   There is zero point
in continuing to debate the matter.

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