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Penang
I need help !!
I have a PIII system, 1.3 GHZ - actually it's a Celeron. I have 3 RAM
modules on it, each 512 MB, for total of 1.5 GB.
Lately my system acted strangely, so I ran a battery of memory tests,
both the Norton Diagnostic and Memtest told me that the sytem RAM is
faulty.
The faulty memory location is at 14XXXXXXX - sometimes 144XXXXXX,
sometimes 145XXXXXX, sometimes 146XXXXXX, everytime I reboot the
machine, the "exact location" changed.
Since it supposed to be the RAM fault, and I wanted to see which one
is at fault, I change the location of the RAM module. To my surprise,
the "faulty location" stationed somewhere 14XXXXXXX - even when I have
switched the location of the 3 RAM modules.
Now I got curious. So I plug in a 256MB module, and unplug the 3 512MB
module, and ran the memtest (and Norton Diagnostic) again.
Lo and behold, the "faulty location" is at 14XXXXXXX !!
So, now I am facing with a "faulty memory" problem but it ain't the
RAM !
Can anyone please tell me what's going on ?
I've even eye-balled and cleaned the RAM module sockets, but the fault
is STILL THERE, at 14XXXXXXX !
What else I should do to locate the origin of the error ?
I know that it may be my MOBO, but I just want to know WHICH part of
the MOBO is acting up.
Many, many thanks in advance !!
I have a PIII system, 1.3 GHZ - actually it's a Celeron. I have 3 RAM
modules on it, each 512 MB, for total of 1.5 GB.
Lately my system acted strangely, so I ran a battery of memory tests,
both the Norton Diagnostic and Memtest told me that the sytem RAM is
faulty.
The faulty memory location is at 14XXXXXXX - sometimes 144XXXXXX,
sometimes 145XXXXXX, sometimes 146XXXXXX, everytime I reboot the
machine, the "exact location" changed.
Since it supposed to be the RAM fault, and I wanted to see which one
is at fault, I change the location of the RAM module. To my surprise,
the "faulty location" stationed somewhere 14XXXXXXX - even when I have
switched the location of the 3 RAM modules.
Now I got curious. So I plug in a 256MB module, and unplug the 3 512MB
module, and ran the memtest (and Norton Diagnostic) again.
Lo and behold, the "faulty location" is at 14XXXXXXX !!
So, now I am facing with a "faulty memory" problem but it ain't the
RAM !
Can anyone please tell me what's going on ?
I've even eye-balled and cleaned the RAM module sockets, but the fault
is STILL THERE, at 14XXXXXXX !
What else I should do to locate the origin of the error ?
I know that it may be my MOBO, but I just want to know WHICH part of
the MOBO is acting up.
Many, many thanks in advance !!