--- In [email protected], "chi_joan_pc" wrote: > > I have the PNY package that the 2-1GB sticks came in, I bought it with the > MSI motherboard and AMD AM2 940 socket CPU and PCI-E VGA card when I worked > at CompUSA. I could've kicked myself when I bent and broke one of those pins > on it. The only good thing is it no longer costs almost $200, on to EBay I > suppose. I never had RAM go bad and it looked like it was the VGA card, then > I guessed the MOBO. When the replacement arrived, I saw it didn't work > either, that's when I tried pulling one RAM stick at a time. I tried the one > that worked in both slots to be sure it wasn't the slot. So now I will be > buying two CPUs eventually. > > I usually get older parts from other techs, since they know Linux can use > older stuff. Then I try to trade or give the computers away, but those > wanting laptops and tablets are making it harder. > > Joan in Reno >
I've had lots of RAM go bad on me. I'd have to say it is one of the more common hardware problems to have. I don't even think high end CPUs have as many failure points in them yet as a 1 gigabyte RAM module has in it. Although what exactly happens inside RAM that makes it fail I've no idea. I always look at RAM I'm unfamiliar with as faulty until tested good. The last RAM failure I had here was easy to diagnose, The machine ran, but acted like it only had 22MB of RAM, even though it had 512MB installed. I tried to open up a web browser and it got really slow! So I closed that, opened up a terminal, typed free -m and was like ah ha! As far as Linux was concerned I only had 22MB of RAM installed. Shutdown, stick swap, and all was well. Until I tried opening that browser up everything seemed OK to me. My whole OS, and X session was fitting into that 22MB. I still can't figure out how I used to run Linux on 16MB of RAM with my 486 DX4-100. It seemed normal at the time ... Video adapters may be a close second to RAM modules though. I've seen a number of those bad over the years. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
