Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Problem Finally Solved... Bad RAM
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="morerice" data-source="post: 1634561" data-attributes="member: 341632"><p>The weird thing for me was that the original RAM was running (near) perfectly for almost 5 years and then ever so slowly the RAM started to degrade with more and more frequent crashes over the course of a year. Looking back from the first five years of use, I did get a crash about once every two months, But this could just have been a combination of user error and bloated software issues like running FireFox with 3 dozen tabs and windows open at once.</p><p></p><p>One thing I should add is that when I conducted the memory tests a few weeks ago when I was having multiple crashes per day with the damaged RAM stick installed, the RAM checking tests sometimes passed showing no errors. Bad RAM can be really tricky to find, with seemingly random intermittent diagnosis, working great for a while and then failing with what appears to be complete randomness in frequenty or application. I wonder if I had tried running the RAM tests six months ago when my computer was only crashing once every few weeks, would the RAM testing software been able to find the faulty RAM?</p><p></p><p>In the future when I suspect that my RAM may be faulty I will do the following: 1) let the RAM tests run and loop/repeat for hours. Once I am satisfied with positive results, 2) physically remove and reorder all the RAM (with the computer shut off and me grounded) and 3) retest the RAM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="morerice, post: 1634561, member: 341632"] The weird thing for me was that the original RAM was running (near) perfectly for almost 5 years and then ever so slowly the RAM started to degrade with more and more frequent crashes over the course of a year. Looking back from the first five years of use, I did get a crash about once every two months, But this could just have been a combination of user error and bloated software issues like running FireFox with 3 dozen tabs and windows open at once. One thing I should add is that when I conducted the memory tests a few weeks ago when I was having multiple crashes per day with the damaged RAM stick installed, the RAM checking tests sometimes passed showing no errors. Bad RAM can be really tricky to find, with seemingly random intermittent diagnosis, working great for a while and then failing with what appears to be complete randomness in frequenty or application. I wonder if I had tried running the RAM tests six months ago when my computer was only crashing once every few weeks, would the RAM testing software been able to find the faulty RAM? In the future when I suspect that my RAM may be faulty I will do the following: 1) let the RAM tests run and loop/repeat for hours. Once I am satisfied with positive results, 2) physically remove and reorder all the RAM (with the computer shut off and me grounded) and 3) retest the RAM. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Problem Finally Solved... Bad RAM
Top