Memory chip conflicts

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  1. ima49311

    ima49311 Regular member

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    so, im trying to fix some pain in the a$$ problems im having with my computer and ithink i may have found out that my 3 memory chips might be conflicting.. i ran memtest86.exe, and it seems that i was getting different errors with all 3 in there..i got rid of 1 of the chips and the tests ran smooth..so, my question is.. if i had conflicting memory chips would that cause the computer errors i was getting (crashing programs, bad cd reads, cds saying they are corrupted, slow downs, etc).. thanks for any help.. 1
     
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    have you run the memtest on each individual memoty stick? are they by same manufacturer or different ones??
     
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    individually they are fine.. but all together they conflict.. so i got rid of 1 (dropping me to 768mb) but no errors, which is the most important thing.. so iguess i need to buy another stick.. any suggestions for compatibility?
     
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    what ram do you have now & before??
     
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    you mean, brand? or type? its the same memory i was using before.. its just now, its decided not to work well together
     
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    take an eraser to the gold contacts on the ram to remove any oxidation to see ram ram works together again
     

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