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[bzarcher]

Well, that was a fun and busy afternoon. But, 2 hours until it's over.

I think I have a plan (tm) for my computer. I know when I ran memcheck before, it didn't see anything, but that was also with at least 2 other problems. (Since the HDD and videocard replacement seem to have removed the major system error/device driver problem. Yay for apparently 3 things failing at once.) So, I've downloaded the latest version as well as Microsoft's equivalent, and will run them when I get home.

If, as I'm starting to suspect, the memory does not check out, I'm going to contact Kingston about an RMA, and see if my grandparents would mind helping with a (smaller) replacement stick in the meantime. (The problem with a DDR only board is that we don't keep DDR around the office that I could take home for helping with troubleshooting. Otherwise, my boss actually offered to give me a 256 stick of PC133 to use.)

I've also learned not to go around with all your memory on one stick. Redundancy good.

If this all works out how I think it will, hopefully this is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Comments

What parts are suspect?

[yetanotherbob.livejournal.com]

I know I and a few others have replacement or test-worthy parts. Fer example, that spare AGP card that came from Silent Steel's computer when you gave us the upgrade. What memory rating do you need? I might have a few spare sticks.

Re: What parts are suspect?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

DDR RAM, anywhere from PC2100-2700 would work.