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On 02/12/2010 09:25 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hi, Dale, |
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> |
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> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 08:27:01AM -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>> Where the error is could depend on a single transistor that is maybe |
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>> not as sensitive as the others. It's sort of like a chain. It's only |
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>> as strong as its weakest link. It could be that whatever is going |
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>> wrong could be right on the edge of others not working either. The |
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>> one that is failing is just the first if it is a power problem. |
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>> That's where the power problem thought comes from. Have you had a |
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>> look here for well tested power supplies? |
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>> That said, it could be a lot of things. It could be a bad chip on the |
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>> mobo, a piece of dust in the wrong place or any number of other things. |
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>> It's finding it that is so much fun. |
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> The shop who sold me the components suggested running memtest86 with |
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> just one RAM stick at a time. |
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The correct procedure is to test just one stick in at least two |
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different slots. This is to ensure that it's not the mainboard at fault |
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(like a faulty RAM slot.) |
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