[Ti] mem_/2/4

[Kynan Shook]

Most memory problems are intermittent and hard to detect.  It must be 
pretty bad if Apple Hardware Test caught it.  Any error in AHT that is 
of the format "mem/x/x" (x is any number) means the memory is bad, no 
exceptions.
Following the error, it should tell you which DIMM is bad, though I'm 
not sure if it will be in human-readable format.  Your best bet is to 
remove one DIMM at a time and see if you continue to have problems, 
assuming you have two installed.  If you have two from the same vendor, 
it's even possible that both are bad; once Apple Hardware Test 
encounters one error, it stops immediately.

Anyway, AHT's memory checking is pretty much 100% accurate when 
reporting *bad* memory: if it tells you your memory is bad, then your 
memory *IS* bad.  However, just because your memory passes the tests 
doesn't mean that it is actually *GOOD.*


JELyon <jelyon at mac.com> writes:
> Looks like my memory problem is intermittent. Got the noted error
> message checking RAM last night, but switching chips did not help
> isolate the issue.
>
> Anyone have any relevant experience with poss. bad/flakey ram
> chips/slots and this specific error reported by Apple Hardware Test?




Kynan Shook
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