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Bad Ram?
Name: Vash_The_Stampede Date: July 26, 2003 at 05:21:16 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 @ 2.4Ghz / 1gig
Comment:
Can Ram Overheat? Can Ram Just Go Bad All of a Sudden After working fine for almost a year? Would Bad Ram cause PC Freezes, and Lose of Desktop?
And is the concenses that Crucial is the best ram brand?
Name: Janos Date: July 26, 2003 at 05:34:08 Pacific
Reply:
HI
I think you may get an argument over the Crucial being the best ram, but i wont go into that.
Yes thing like that can happen, it is not all that uncommon, sorry to say. Just in the past 6 months, I installed a stick of 512 PC2700 KINGMAX, (now that is RAM ) and 3 months later BANG for no reason at all just decided to go on permanent leave.
You should have seen the wholsalers eyes when I told him, hehehe wish i had a camera.
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Name: Vash_The_Stampede
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