▲ 348 ▼ Can I get an F in the chat boys (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by bdonvr [A] to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments Failing RAM? In this economy? Now to go beg to the RMA gods
[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (3 children) Try blowing on it and inserting again permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago This usually makes me start working. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago It worked the other day on my servers ecc ram. The greatest tech support trick of all time after ‘have you tried turning it off and on again’ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Beangut@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) This does actually help, if you still have bad sections you can reserve them in GRUB or Badblocks(?) on windows iirc I mean not actually blowing on the ram but taking it out, cleaning contacts with isopropyl and reseating it has fix memory errors for me in the past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago This usually makes me start working. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago It worked the other day on my servers ecc ram. The greatest tech support trick of all time after ‘have you tried turning it off and on again’ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Beangut@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) This does actually help, if you still have bad sections you can reserve them in GRUB or Badblocks(?) on windows iirc I mean not actually blowing on the ram but taking it out, cleaning contacts with isopropyl and reseating it has fix memory errors for me in the past. permalink fedilink source parent