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To: Guy Gadois who wrote (24658)1/14/2002 10:29:06 AM
From: bosquedog  Read Replies (1) of 110653
 
Is there a way to test the memory chips?

You can put the memory chips in another computer (must be compatible) and see if they work. Or, hook up your old hard drive again and see what happens. Dell has a diagnostic program on my computers that will perform a few tests on the memory chips. Look at the motherboard and make sure the chips are seating properly and no connectors are broken. You need to be careful and not get too much money invested in this machine. However, it is fun and educational to resurrect old computers sometimes.

Just to clarify: did you start up this machine prior to replacing the hard drive? It does seem that you have 4 8 meg ram chips but only 2 of them are good or 2 of the slots are broken. When it was showing only 64 megs of ram, which 2 slots had the 8 meg chips? Are the same 2 8 meg chips still in those slots. I recommend booting this computer up with the old hard drive and determining the status of all these 8 meg chips and then the 2 32 meg chips.
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