From: Deanna Berman (dberman_at_dimensional.com)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 16:57:47 EDT
Take a look at http://www.simmtester.com. Perhaps one of its free
tools might help.
Deanna Berman
dberman_at_dimensional.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vernon wankerl" <VWankerl_at_gwrr.com>
> To: <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
> Cc: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [A21m] Memory Upgrade problem
>
>
> Steve,
> I ran the PC-Doctor for Windows memory tests and didn't get any
errors. Is
> there any other memory tests that I could do? The PC-Doctor tests
didn't seem
> to me to be very intensive.
>
> Vern
>
> >>> Steve C. 04/10/02 10:09AM >>>
> Why didn't you run memory tests? That is always the
> first step when installing new memory!
>
> --- Vernon Wankerl <VWankerl_at_gwrr.com> wrote:
> > I just got a used A21m for my brother-in-law from an
> > > auction on e-bay. The machine (I don't have it in
> > > front of me now) has 64M ram and W98 and the Intel
> > > mPCI Ethernet/Modem. This is the fourth A2x machine
> > > I have purchased and have had no problems with any
> > > but this one.
> > >
> > > I purchased a 128M upgrade from Crucial for this
> > > machine and installed as dual boot Win2000 and
> > > Win98. Shortly after setting it up, I started
> > > getting page faults or BSOD's or simply hung machine
> > > in Win2000. It appeared to be a problem with RAM so
> > > I swapped the 128M Crucial with 128M IBM I had in
> > > one of the other A2x machines I have. That seemed
> > > to work so I called Crucial and they sent me a new
> > > 128M to replace the first one. I had similar
> > > problems with it so I put the IBM 128M back in and
> > > it seemed to work. The second 128M from Crucial is
> > > also not working in the other A2x I have so I think
> > > there is a problem there.
> > >
> > > My question is, now that the A21m for my
> > > brother-in-law is in his hands and he and his wife
> > > are trying to use it, it is starting to have the
> > > same problems as before. The machine is still under
> > > warranty until sometime in May, 2002. Does it sound
> > > like an EZ-Serve problem?
> > >
> > > What are you're thought?
>
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