[ltp] SIMPLE QUESTIONS -Reply

[Ross Patterson]

On Wednesday 16 April 2003 11:43 am, Chris Hoekstra wrote:
> Has anyone else had any problem with generic laptop memory?  

Yes.  We have a small pile of ThinkPads here, a mix of 600s, As and Ts.  We've 
been very happy with name-brand non-IBM memory (e..g Crucial.Com aka Micron), 
and we've had all sorts of problems with no-brand memory.  Problems like 
random lockups, boot failures, etc.  We used memtest86 
(http://www.memtest86.com/) to check the DIMMs, and that was the deciding 
factor - the no-brand ones failed all sorts of tests.  

We now run tests on all memory we get in, and Crucial.Com always passes all 
tests.  We don't pay much more than for no-brand, and we're much happier.
-- 
Ross A. Patterson
Chief Technology Officer
CatchFIRE Systems, Inc.
5885 Trinity Parkway, Suite 220
Centreville, VA  20120
(703) 563-4164