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jevel
Jan 28, 2004, 08:08 PM
I felt that things wasnŽt as smooth as IŽd like it to be, so I got a 512MB PC3200 Geil Golden Dragon to exchange with one of my original 256MB sticks.

For just about a week my machine has been as stable as a rock. That is until an hour ago. I was working on an article when my screen dims, and a dialogue appears and asks me to turn my machine off. (I guess this is a kernel panic?)

I do as I am told, only to find that the GUI wonŽt boot fully. I get the original wallpaper but no dock or menu line. I try rebooting a couple of times, but no go.

Then I get out my original 256MB stick and pop it in. Voila! Everything works again!

Anyone seen this or know what it might be?

-KJ



Frohickey
Jan 28, 2004, 08:31 PM
Sounds like memory failure to me, since changing to the other DIMM sticks solved it.

Could be that you have been having memory failure for a while, and you just never knew it.