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November 23rd, 2003 17:00
What happens when the memory chips go bad??????
My laptop just keeps shutting down, after first startup, after a few minutes or a hour. But happens all the time. Dell thinks memory or motherboard is causing the problem. Any comments or ideas would be helpful.
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ryri
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November 23rd, 2003 18:00
electrical short, power distribution, or overheat problem.
A bad memory chip could cause this if the connectors on it are bad, as the computer will suddenly have no ram, and turn off. If the power distrubution board suddenly stops supplying power, same problem. Usually on an overheat the computer gets really slow as it tries to save itself, and then shutsdown as a last resort.
I agree with Dell.
hk29
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November 24th, 2003 01:00
I've also seen the blue screen of death... and then it never registers the chip (i.e. when you look at the memory amount it said 256 vs. 512 installed).
You can always try to take out a chip (if there are two of them and hope only one of them is bad)...