Good advice (as usual from Larry). You might also let memtest run on it
for a while to try and pinpoint the failure.
Dazed_75 wrote:
> It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is
> working and check for dust buildup. Canned air works pretty good for
> blowing those things out. You might want to try that first before
> spending money to have someone else fix it.
>
> You could also monitor temperatures with one of the sensor programs and
> see how much higher it gets with both sticks in place than with only one.
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Mark Phillips
> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>> wrote:
>
> I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. I am
> looking for recommendations for local repair shops.
>
> The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks. Then
> it started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one memory
> stick, it works just fine, although a little slow. I ran the Dell
> memory diagnostic on each stick individually, and both passed.
> Before I junk it, I thought I would see how much it would cost to
> fix it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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