[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > eMachine of a friend. Weirdness, often won't even boot or get to bios. > > Swapped ram, booted, seemed ok. Put old ram back in, booted. Ran > memtest86+, got errors immediately. > > Put other ram in again, same symptoms as original ram! > > Testing ram in another computer, it seems fine after all. > > All in one type mbd, Athlon 2400(?) cpu. What else is testable > separately to see if mbd and/or cpu is bad? Worth trying to find just a > mbd for this cpu, or stick a Fry's ECS mbd/cpu combo special in the box? > > Anyone know if eMachines uses standard ATX type motherboards? >
Don't know that. But here's something else to look at. On one occasion, I found a MoBo bios setup that provided an out-of-spec memory voltage! First, you might try the reset bios settings to default, though. And note whether advanced bios settings allow diddling the "memory voltage adjustment" (possible name). Then if that doesn't make any difference, you might lookup the manufacturer's spec for the memory in-hand, and check the advanced bios settings. Just a thought. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
