BAD SLOT or BAD RAM? PLEASE HELP
i have two sticks of RAM (RAM-A: 128mb, RAM-B: 256mb, both DDR266, kinda slow but. . it's fine with me. . . ). RAM-A is on slot one, and RAM-B is on slot 2. now, here's the problem. . RAM-B was replaced (waranty) 3 times already, due to failure with a week or up to a month between failures (what are the odds, three ...
i have two sticks of RAM (RAM-A: 128mb, RAM-B: 256mb, both DDR266, kinda slow but.. it's fine with me...). RAM-A is on slot one, and RAM-B is on slot 2. now, here's the problem.. RAM-B was replaced (waranty) 3 times already, due to failure with a week or up to a month between failures (what are the odds, three defective RAM sticks?)... now, i'm running the RAM-A on slot 2 to figure out who's really the culprit. it's running fine for a week now...
i'm tired of this... is it just bad RAM or the board has a bad SLOT? the motherboard and the RAM stick are still new and still in waranty... may be replaced anytime..
help me please?!
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There is no way of saying given what little testing equipment you have (meaning trial and error). But, you are on the right track. By putting Ram-A into the questionable slot and watching to see if it fails, would be the next step. You might use Sisoft Sandra or download a stress test program to speed the process up a bit.
if u have a motherboard that can support (DUAL CHANNEL DDR, supported chipsets: INTEL 865P+ or Nforce2+ higher) - that means that u need 2 exact modules( 2 x 256mb or 2x512 *can work with 128+256, but I would recommend to get same speed modules), just ask the damn store to replace the damn motherboard and the ram. I also advise (very bad) to get a better ram, 6 layered, generic RAM is usually 4 layered PCB, accordingly the stability and the OverClock or undervoltage results.
Another thing, the RAM is very CHEAP nowadays, I was a distributor, seen good and bad ram. good = > MAJOR brands. such as, MICRON/SAMSUNG/INFENION/NANYA/PQI/NCP/GEIL/KINGSTON
Typical Specifications of the module 256MB 400Mhz CL 2.5/3.0 (less is better), but if u need any faster module, u can get CL 2.0, but I dont think u need it.
Remember - Low Quality RAM = UNSTABLE SYSTEM x)
Another thing, the RAM is very CHEAP nowadays, I was a distributor, seen good and bad ram. good = > MAJOR brands. such as, MICRON/SAMSUNG/INFENION/NANYA/PQI/NCP/GEIL/KINGSTON
Typical Specifications of the module 256MB 400Mhz CL 2.5/3.0 (less is better), but if u need any faster module, u can get CL 2.0, but I dont think u need it.
Remember - Low Quality RAM = UNSTABLE SYSTEM x)
