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