On Tuesday 01 April 2003 08:37 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> I started this thread a while back and had many positive replies as to what
> to do about my computer not being able to run cpuburn longer than about 2
> mins or so.
>
> Right now, I can run memtest overnight and cpuburn (burnK6) for an hour
> with no errors or crashes.
>
> I changed the memory settings in BIOS from "spd" - auto to 2.5 - manual.
>
> Can I safely assume that (most likely) memory was my problem? Sure seems
> that way...
>
> Its PNY right now. Tom Brinkman suggested Samsung. Could someone post a url
> to a good reliable site that sells Samsung? I tried googling that and came
> up with lots of hits but when I would go to a site they wouldn't actually
> sell "Samsung 2.5" memory. What about Kingston or Crucial? Are they okay?
>
> Thanks.

Ronald:
When I built this box two years ago, I bought the RAM from Mushkin. At the 
time, they were highly recommended on various hardware sites, but I haven't 
heard about them for a while. I was very pleased with the whole transaction, 
but things change; sadly, not always for the better.

BTW, check your date setting.

-- cmg


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