Joho the Blog
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June 19, 2003
Guess what's back in the shop? Yes, my new computer has gone back to its birthplace yet again. Yesterday I discovered that the machine was crashing to a cold boot - no blue screen of death, no hanging in hyperspace - because one of the two HyperX 512MB RAM chips is defective. At least that seemed to be the problem: when I left chip A in and ran a diagnostic, the system crashed, but B completed the diagnostics fine. So, I was feeling pretty good until a few minutes later I realized that I was off line because the built-in ethernet card was no longer functioning. So, back it all goes to my local computer shop where they're watching whatever profit they made get eaten by the labor they're putting. They're nice guys, but I do sort of want to have a working PC at the end of this... Posted
by D. Weinberger at June 19, 2003 08:18 AM
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Comments
Could be a problem with the socket as well. I learned a long time ago from a friend who was very good at debugging mechanical and electrical problems that more often than not, there is some visible or other direct evidence of the problem.
Well, hopefully they will isolate the problem and you will soon have a functioning machine.
Posted by: Gerry | June 19, 2003 12:18 PM
“ I do sort of want to have a working PC. . . .”
Or a working Mmmmm. . . .
Posted by: AKMA | June 20, 2003 09:10 AM
It might be time to switch ;-)
Posted by: Allan Moult | June 25, 2003 06:21 PM