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Subject: Re: File extraction errors
Name:
 ludicrous
Date: 10/17/2005 6:04:43 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 209.181.79.140
In Reply to: Re: File extraction errors posted by
Kenny
Message:
Check the BIOS and make sure somebody hasn't been monkeying with the settings (e.g. changed latency from 3 to 2.5 or 2).
If your friend lives in an area with a lot of ambient humidity or a high sulfur content in the air, corrosion of the contacts is a distinct possibility. You can try pulling the DIMMs and scrubbing their edge contacts with a pencil eraser, followed by a non-abrasive cleaner (butane, mineral spirits, Everclear, or 70% isopropyl alcohol...whichever you have on hand).
Finally, memory can go bad and show few or no testable signs whatsoever. I had a pair of DIMMs like that once, got the exact behavior you described but they would pass every software memory test you could throw at them.
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