[NTLUG:Discuss] PC Hardware Issue

[Gilbert Morrow]

Are the ram modules them same speed , PC2700 , PC3200 etc .?
Putting a PC3200 with a PC4000 will cause the PC 4000 to run at 3200 speed ,
as before heat will kill memory as well , do a mem97 mem test and see if
maybe the modules or module has a bad memory cell .
Also and I hate to say this but ESD is known to cause random problems as
well and can seem as though hardware is failing .

On 12/22/06, Lenrek Xunil <lenrek.xunil at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Update:
>
> Last night I experimented with different things.  I took the PC out of
> it's
> spot in my computer desk, and leaned it against the desk.  I fastened the
> power supply cable snake to maximize airflow.  I also moved the firewire
> card down abit to provide for more air around the graphics card.  (Then I
> took the pictures).
>
> With all of the RAM, it seemed to go on for a long time.  When I took the
> 512 M stick and played music, it only took a few seconds before it crapped
> out.  When I took out the 512 and put in the 1024 M, it did the same
> thing.
> When I put the 1024 stick back in, so that both memory sticks were back
> in,
> it seemed to go on for a long time.  Then I shut it down and put it back
> in
> it's spot inside the desk, and sure enough it crapped out while playing
> music.
>
> This time it did something a bit different.  Only one screen went jagged,
> and the other remained.  In addition, the mp3 file I was playing continued
> to be audible, but skipping indefinitely like a broken record on Monster
> soda.
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