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3rd February, 2002, 05:46 AM
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| Were did half my stick of RAM go???? My computer started rebooting randomly two days ago. Then it was fine for several hours before it started doing it again. At first I thought it may be the power supply giving out, but on the umpteenth random reboot half my RAM disappeared!! For where there was once 256Mb crucial on a single stick, now lies 128Mb. Never new half a stick could die like this. I've ran memtest on the remaining 128Mb, and it's 100% fine. Questions: Could a faulty power supply have killed half my RAM? Computer seems back to normal now half the stick is no longer used. Has anyone else experienced this and found replacing the ram solved all issues. Thanks for the advice.
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3rd February, 2002, 07:13 AM
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| had my GF1 DDR go from 32 mb, to 16 mb once.... but it came back after i put everything back to stock speed.... may be the same with your RAM
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3rd February, 2002, 08:12 AM
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| Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid my RAM is half dead RIP.  I've selected optimised defaults, reset the CMOS, re-seated the RAM stick in all three slots but it only wants to play 50%. - I want 110%!!! Strange thing is, I've treated this stick with respect: never going above 2.7V while testing high FSB; normal day-to-day running at 2.6V 136FSB; handling it with a anti-static wrist-strap. Yet you guys are creaming these babies at 3.2V and 170+ FSB!!! I must have received a weak stick. Oh well, looks like I'm stuck with 128Mb for a while until I send it back for replacement leaving me with no computer other than my trusty AMD586-P75 133@160 (never failed me yet!  )With RAM prices the way they are, I'm sure as hell not going to buy a new one!
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3rd February, 2002, 03:19 PM
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| Mains borne spikes can also inflict this sort of damage. The random reboots sound like it might well have been the RAM in the act of dying. I've known of one guy who ran a BBS who lost 4-5 sticks across several computers at the same time due to glitches. AidanII
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3rd February, 2002, 03:37 PM
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| I have seen this happen before. One reboot would be 256mb and it would then CRASH and reboot with 128mb. Then it would be fine... Nothing we could do except replace RAM.
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