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Toshiba Recalls Notebook RAM

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-memory dept.

TheSync writes "The Register is reporting that Toshiba is recalling notebook RAM blaiming third-party DIMMs. This follows on HP's bad notebook RAM in June. Which raises the question, is there a vast sea of bad DIMMs out there?"

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  1. DIMMness by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    blaiming [sic]

    is there a vast sea of bad DIMMs out there?

    Maybe so, the HP Compaq laptop I'm typing on had 1G of RAM replaced several months back.

    As for slashdot editting, though, the memory isn't the only thing DIMM.

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  2. Re:bad ram a common problem by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've had RAM which could pass all day long on a so-called memory tester, put it into a PC and the thing couldn't even finish POST.

    I used to use gcc linux kernel compile to thrash-test memory - start enough of 'em so it just starts to swap and let it run in a loop overnight. If no signal-11's in the morning it'll probably survive anything else.

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