little help with the computer

by **sponge** » Jun 8, 2004 @ 7:44pm

SMART is simply a diagnostic for HDs. If you suspect it may be an HD problem, enable that, and get any of the recovery tools that'll check the SMART codes.

by **glenthemole** » Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:04pm

If you suspect it could be the RAM, try running a memory diagnostic tool, or probably better, remove one stick, see if the problem goes, if not, then remove the other one and try again.

by **sponge** » Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:35pm

Or skip all of that guessing and run www.memtest86.com

by **glenthemole** » Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:43pm

I don't understand why some computers are more tolerant of bad RAM. I have one stick that has some problems with it according to memtest86, but it will work in one of my computers and not the other. What causes a pc to be more/less tolerant of dodgy RAM?

by **hockeydude** » Jun 8, 2004 @ 10:16pm

by **SiGen** » Jun 9, 2004 @ 4:59am

Thanks for all replies

im going to take that memtest.

hockeydude: that exactly happens, takes 4-5 tries to make it reboot, thats why i guess is a hardware problem.

by **SiGen** » Jun 9, 2004 @ 5:14am

by **sponge** » Jun 9, 2004 @ 5:29am

by **refractor** » Jun 9, 2004 @ 7:48am

by **sponge** » Jun 9, 2004 @ 11:35am

refractor: Yes, when my entire computer died, SMART reported that one of the HDs was physically damaged. I'm not quite sure how a dead mobo can do that, but it seems to be right, as I can't do much with it.

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