- Nov 26, 2001
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I had a series of brownouts that seemed to have killed my PC (was connected to a surge protector but not a battery backup).
Specs:
- Asus PC4800E Mobo
- Intel 3.2
- 2 GB Crucial DDR RAM
- Enermax 522W power supply
- last I was able to check, the CPU was running at 123 deg F
- I have 2 DVDs and 4 disks (hence the big power supply)
- Radeon 9800 Pro
- Soundblaster Audigy
Problem:
Hangs, crashes and reboots. All manner of BSODs. Can't reload XP (more BSODs)
My guess:
Memory. I have 4 sticks of 512 DDR. So I booted up Memtest-86 v3.2 and ran the tests. It throws errors in test #6 - 32 bit random pattern, and then hangs up.
But I have tried each individual stick in each DIMM slot individually, and each time in fails in test 6.
So... is my problem:
a) my motherboard
b) my CPU
c) all of my memory got damaged
d) Memtest-86 isn't accurately diagnosing
My guess is it's something in the memory bus on the motherboard and I'll need to replace it. That's a big hassle, though, so I want to get the experts opinion here.
Many thanks!
Specs:
- Asus PC4800E Mobo
- Intel 3.2
- 2 GB Crucial DDR RAM
- Enermax 522W power supply
- last I was able to check, the CPU was running at 123 deg F
- I have 2 DVDs and 4 disks (hence the big power supply)
- Radeon 9800 Pro
- Soundblaster Audigy
Problem:
Hangs, crashes and reboots. All manner of BSODs. Can't reload XP (more BSODs)
My guess:
Memory. I have 4 sticks of 512 DDR. So I booted up Memtest-86 v3.2 and ran the tests. It throws errors in test #6 - 32 bit random pattern, and then hangs up.
But I have tried each individual stick in each DIMM slot individually, and each time in fails in test 6.
So... is my problem:
a) my motherboard
b) my CPU
c) all of my memory got damaged
d) Memtest-86 isn't accurately diagnosing
My guess is it's something in the memory bus on the motherboard and I'll need to replace it. That's a big hassle, though, so I want to get the experts opinion here.
Many thanks!