I would see if there is more than one set of RAM chips installed. I would begin playing with the order and number of RAM chips installed, you might get lucky and only have one bad RAM chip. If there is only one RAM chip in stalled, then a replacement can prob be had for less than $50 (guess only). I'd then install and see. I probably would look for a new laptop seeing that decent ones can be had for less than $400 bucks now.
Good luck,
I just got home and took the chip out. Looks like I need pc2700 DDR. Off to check prices now
Any brands to stay away from?
If you are ever wondering what kind of a ram a certain pc uses and what you can upgrade to check out Memory upgrades, flash media, and usb storage at Crucial.com and use their system scan. It was tell you what you have and what you can have.
Without even touching my PC case, I found out the exact model of my PC, what kind of ram it takes, and what the exact motherboard is (did some google searching for the PC model to get that one).
Thanks for the tip. I can't do that this time, though. The computer has officially stopped booting. It was easy enough to take the cover of the ram a lot on the bottom of my laptop.
I will keep this in mind in the future, though
Even better, check out CPU-Z
CPUID
Tells you the type of memory, how many sticks are installed, what size each stick is etc. Also shows motherboard and CPU info!
I bought a new ram chip today and memtest is still giving me a ton of errors. Any ideas what else could be broken?
Did you remove both RAM chips? There is usually one under the keyboard and one in a more user accessible area on the bottom. It could be the chip under the keyboard that is an issue. If you have two slots on the bottom this is probably not the case.