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    Bad ram question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by llmercll, May 9, 2010.

  1. llmercll

    llmercll Notebook Evangelist

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    I have bad ram. Memtest reported 420,000 errors in 5 minutes.

    I've also, recently, been experiencing flickering and screen color changes lately. I thought it was my video card, but starting to think otherwise.

    Can you guys confirm this as truth? If so, are you pretty confident that replacing the faulty ram will fix my video issues?

    here's my original thread..

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/477199-artifacts-death.html
     
    llmercll, May 9, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you're GPU shared system ram, then I would say yes.
    but since your 9800m is a dedicated card, with no shared vram, I don't know...

    What you should do it take one stick of ram out, test the system, then put that stick back in and take the other stick out, test the system.
    That should show you which stick is bad, if any at all.
     
    moral hazard, May 9, 2010
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  3. BruBoo

    BruBoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Any memtest in particular . . there are dozens.

    I recommend the memtest86+ boot disk (get the iso at Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool)

    As suggested test with one stick then the other. This has the advantage of re-seating the RAM sticks which may also help
     
    BruBoo, May 9, 2010
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  4. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Seeing as you already have a thread on this in the gaming section, I am closing this one as there are no need for 2 of them. If you would like your other thread moved over here to Hardware, you can either send me a pm if I'm on or report your post in the thread over there and someone will move it for you.
     
    Padmé, May 9, 2010
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