little help with the computer
Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 4:37pmPocketMatrix
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little help with the computer
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Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 4:37pmPosted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 4:52pmPosted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 5:07pmPosted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 5:40pmPosted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 6:49pmPosted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 7:44pmSMART 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.
Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:04pmIf 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.
Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:35pmOr skip all of that guessing and run www.memtest86.com
Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 8:43pmI 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?
Posted: Jun 8, 2004 @ 10:16pmPosted: Jun 9, 2004 @ 4:59amThanks 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.
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.
Posted: Jun 9, 2004 @ 5:14amPosted: Jun 9, 2004 @ 5:29amPosted: Jun 9, 2004 @ 7:48amPosted: Jun 9, 2004 @ 11:35amrefractor: 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.