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Ray
You need to make sure that in your Bios setup you select the exhaustive
memory test. If you
use the quick test chances are it will not catch the problem.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Gurke" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: PC Freezing Problem
> While we're on this subject, I will add another gremlin that can bite
you --
> bad memory. I had a bad 256 meg memory stick. No errors on boot up --
> everything seemed fine to the BIOS and OS. The symptoms were 1) computer
> would occasionally spontaneously reboot -- often at very inconvenient
times
> ;) 2) TS2ki would give intermittent errors in the performance reports,
and
> occasionally would not load data (ascii) correctly. Some of the data in a
> series would be missing, or the end date would be something like 2057.
After
> reinstalls, OS upgrades, HD swaps, virus and trojan scans, hours of
banging
> my head on the desk, and still no resolution/progress except for an ever
> worsening headache, I decided to check the memory. I experimented a
little,
> isolated the bad stick and pulled it. ....life was good again.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph" <bru44@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: PC Freezing Problem
>
>
> >
> > >> My PC sometimes freezes up during the trading day
> >
> > Find out what is causing the freeze-ups.
> >
> > - Is it a software problem? TS? Operating system corrupted?
> > Registry corrupted? Corrupted file?
> >
> > - Is there a heat problem? Is computer getting geeting to hot?
> > See if the air coming out of the power supply fan extra worm
> > and is the fan working. Does the computer power supply and
> > case need to be cleaned inside. Does the side case feel warm?
> > Is the room tempature <= 80 degrees F.
> >
> > - Is it a hardware problem? Bad hard drive or controller?
> >
> > - Do a virus scan?
> >
> > - Do not load or preload any programs in START or startup that
> > are not required by the operating system.
> >
> > - Do you have enough memory (ram) for the program you are running?
> >
> > - Still can not find problem then install programs on another
> > computer and see if the problem goes away. If it does and all
> > hardware is good on freeze-up computer then reformat hard drive
> > and do a complete system reinstall and reload programs.
> >
> > Good luck...
> >
> >
> >
>
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