[ltp] T30 owners - Memory bank problems?

[Richard Neill]

Could the SIMMs be coming loose physically? I know this sounds daft, but 
I had to fix a desktop yesterday, took all the RAM out, changed the hard 
disk, put the RAM (4 modules) back, and only 3/4 of it was detected. 
Re-seating the modules cured the problem, even though I had inserted 
them carefully in the first place. Maybe your module is coming lose 
through vibration? Laptops do get moved around a lot.

Richard



D. Sen wrote:
> Just wondering if any of the T30 owners using both memory banks on their 
> system boards have noticed a problem. This is the third time in 1.5 
> years that one of the memory banks on my system board has stopped 
> functioning. The RAMS themselves are fine. I have two sims 512 MBytes 
> each. Each time, one of the banks stopped working and the system 
> recognized only 1 of the 512 MByte modules. You can only tell there is a 
> problem when weird problems start happening and you lose data.....typing 
> "free" shows only half the memory available.
> 
> Wondering if its just me or there are others. Once every six 
> months....(this is my fourth new system-board) would seem to indicate 
> there others out there who have experienced the same problem?
> 
> DS
> 

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