asus eee pc 1101HA: memtest error

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Mon Dec 21 21:25:48 UTC 2009


Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I installed F12 on an Asus Eee 1101HA. Apart from the Intel GMA 500
> ("Poulbos") video driver, I have gotten most things working, but I am
> troubled by frequent system freezes, sometimes literally within minutes of
> booting.
> 
> There are no error messages reported in the system log, so I am assuming it
> is a hardware problem.
> 
> Just now I am running memtest from the Live OS (F12) on an USB stick. It has
> run now for some 8 hours, and during the 2nd pass I got an error message:
> 
> Tst: 7
> Pass: 2
> Failing address: 00007ba7454 - 123.6MB
> Good: 2aa1e9b
> Bad: 0aa1e19b
> Err-Bits: 20000000
> Count: 1
> Chan:
> 
> This netbook came with a factory-installed 2GB SIMM. Am I now justified in
> returning it to Acer as defective?
> 
Probably, but I think I would contact the vendor first. I suspect that with the 
proof of problem you have they would rather replace just the memory.

After that you decide what your personal ratio of time to money is, particularly 
if you were going to add another 2GB anyway. And if you bought it at Staples or 
similar where they do simple repairs, they *may* stand behind it and do the 
repair as good will.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot




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