memtest86 on Asus CUBX with 448M RAM

[Collins Richey]

On 5/18/06, Michael Hipp <michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> > From: "Man-wai CHANG" <mwchang at i-cable.com>
> > Thanks. I decided to slow the FSB to 124MHz (from 133Mhz) and try again.
>
> While you have the box open, you might want to inspect the electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard. I've seen quite a few bad ones from that era that first manifested themselves as memory problems.
>
> Look for any caps that are leaking or have expanded and become rounded on top.
>

Even with relatively current boxes. The caps in Dell boxes last just
long enough for the waranty to expire <grin>. We're replacing 2-3 a
week now (GX260,270 series). Fortunately, some of these are still
under waranty.

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Collins Richey
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     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.