Hi,
I have until now, enjoyed using my Dell Precision Xeon workstation system for work and HTPC duties.
However, yesterday morning, on using while using internet explorer, the screen, keyboard and mouse froze. After doing a hard reboot, the machine refused to post or display anything on the screen.
The computer benefits from having a diagnostic system of "traffic lights" on the front panel- according to these diagnostics, the memory is faulty (both DDR2 sticks, which were left in pairs and together- the computer allows each one to be "tested" via the diagnostics).
My questions are:
Has anyone else experienced a sudden problem with DDR2 ram sticks?
How likely is it for two sticks (matched pair) to suddenly develop a fault?
Can it be anything else?
Unfortunately, I don't have more ram lying around to test (though replacements are on order from ebuyer).
I have until now, enjoyed using my Dell Precision Xeon workstation system for work and HTPC duties.
However, yesterday morning, on using while using internet explorer, the screen, keyboard and mouse froze. After doing a hard reboot, the machine refused to post or display anything on the screen.
The computer benefits from having a diagnostic system of "traffic lights" on the front panel- according to these diagnostics, the memory is faulty (both DDR2 sticks, which were left in pairs and together- the computer allows each one to be "tested" via the diagnostics).
My questions are:
Has anyone else experienced a sudden problem with DDR2 ram sticks?
How likely is it for two sticks (matched pair) to suddenly develop a fault?
Can it be anything else?
Unfortunately, I don't have more ram lying around to test (though replacements are on order from ebuyer).