Possible fried memory

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Hey group... So I'm planning on upgrading my comp after it got semi-fried by
lightning. My PS died, so I replaced the PS. My mobo was semi-dead too. I
replaced both, and now Windows runs very unreliably. I ran a memtest86 in
DOS for a day and got no errors on my 512MB PC2700 stick. I've gotten a
video card critical error thing as reported by WindowsXP (Radeon 8500 by
Gigabyte), and this is my question:

In replacing all the fried parts, do I have to replace my memory if memtest
didn't have problems? Is the WinXP environment different enough from the
memtest86 environment?
 
Phil said:
Hey group... So I'm planning on upgrading my comp after it got semi-fried by
lightning. My PS died, so I replaced the PS. My mobo was semi-dead too. I
replaced both, and now Windows runs very unreliably. I ran a memtest86 in
DOS for a day and got no errors on my 512MB PC2700 stick. I've gotten a
video card critical error thing as reported by WindowsXP (Radeon 8500 by
Gigabyte), and this is my question:

In replacing all the fried parts, do I have to replace my memory if memtest
didn't have problems? Is the WinXP environment different enough from the
memtest86 environment?
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In the few computers I have seen trashed by lightning, memory has been one
of the few components to survive.
 
Phil said:
Hey group... So I'm planning on upgrading my comp after it got semi-fried by
lightning. My PS died, so I replaced the PS. My mobo was semi-dead too. I
replaced both, and now Windows runs very unreliably. I ran a memtest86 in
DOS for a day and got no errors on my 512MB PC2700 stick. I've gotten a
video card critical error thing as reported by WindowsXP (Radeon 8500 by
Gigabyte), and this is my question:

In replacing all the fried parts, do I have to replace my memory if memtest
didn't have problems? Is the WinXP environment different enough from the
memtest86 environment?
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Now think about what you asked. Why would you replace ram that ran and
passed a testing program? If the ram is good it's good in DOS or XP. I
wouldn't
replace it unless you have another reason to do so...Trapper
 
Phil said:
Hey group... So I'm planning on upgrading my comp after it got semi-fried by
lightning. My PS died, so I replaced the PS. My mobo was semi-dead too. I
replaced both, and now Windows runs very unreliably. I ran a memtest86 in
DOS for a day and got no errors on my 512MB PC2700 stick. I've gotten a
video card critical error thing as reported by WindowsXP (Radeon 8500 by
Gigabyte), and this is my question:
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Sounds like your video card got damaged too?

Let me ask you a question, what was it like? Were you there when it
happened?

Was there a lot of that foul smelling burnt electrical components smell? I
hate that smell, because it's the smell of my bank account emptying!
 
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| | > Hey group... So I'm planning on upgrading my comp after it got
semi-fried
| by
| > lightning. My PS died, so I replaced the PS. My mobo was
semi-dead too.
| I
| > replaced both, and now Windows runs very unreliably. I ran a
memtest86 in
| > DOS for a day and got no errors on my 512MB PC2700 stick. I've
gotten a
| > video card critical error thing as reported by WindowsXP (Radeon
8500 by
| > Gigabyte), and this is my question:
|
| Sounds like your video card got damaged too?
|
| Let me ask you a question, what was it like? Were you there when it
| happened?
|
| Was there a lot of that foul smelling burnt electrical components
smell? I
| hate that smell, because it's the smell of my bank account emptying!
|

That smell is the magic smoke escaping out of the electronic
components. Once ya lose the magic smoke the devices almost never
work again :)
 
Sounds like your video card got damaged too?

Yup... it works though, but whenever I try to use real drivers (as opposed
to the VGA safe mode driver) it freezes up when the GUI appears.
Let me ask you a question, what was it like? Were you there when it
happened?
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Wasn't there. I believe I was masturbating furiously downstairs.
 
In the few computers I have seen trashed by lightning, memory has been one
of the few components to survive.
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That confused me. Are you saying that it rarely survives? Or are you
saying that it usually does?
 
Now think about what you asked. Why would you replace ram that ran and
passed a testing program? If the ram is good it's good in DOS or XP. I
wouldn't
replace it unless you have another reason to do so...Trapper
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I wouldn't either. I think I will upgrade the mobo/vid/proc and then see
what happens. However, I may not have a computer at all because I'm going
to be selling the laptop I'm typing on now.
 
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