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As mentioned below it can deteriorate over time. A while ago I had a RAM stick fail. I noticed because GCC started segfaulting randomly and I haven't upgraded G
by edwintorok 6y ago
As mentioned below it can deteriorate over time.
A while ago I had a RAM stick fail. I noticed because GCC started segfaulting randomly and I haven't upgraded GCC recently. Sure enough a memtest revealed the fault.
I think it didn't have enough cooling.
I only purchased RAM with heatsinks since then, and I didn't have such problems anymore (also my latest case has much better airflow)
- hinkley 6y agoI unplugged the wrong power cable once, and thereafter the RAID controller on that machine would report degradation after the system was running for a while. Finally ran a RAM error check, one bit in most of a stick was flipped. The last stick. So once the machine was all spooled up for a while, I’d get errors. This is also how I learned 3ware was using RAM instead of its own memory. What is he point of hardware RAID if main memory can screw it up? I have also heard of people swapping hardware on a defective machine only to learn that the power supply was bad, sending noise or brown power to the system. Swap in a new power supply and the components start to behave themselves.