Re: [Thinkpad] Does RAM go bad?

Desertech wrote:
> If anything can go wrong, it will.
>
> However, memory that is working usually does not go bad later, in my
> experience. The problems, if there are any, come from other mischief.
> Handling the memory. Tweaking. If it works, leave it alone.

I had some user-installed RAM in my ThinkPad G40. MemTest86 said it was
fine. A couple of years later, I had some HDD data loss, and decided to
test the RAM again. Now it was bad. I've replaced it, but the other
factory-installed DIMM is still in use.

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Received on Tue Nov 27 18:20:39 2007