That seems to indicate to me that the 2nd mem slot / mb is bad.
To answer your question, I don't know of a repair shop.
Mark Phillips wrote:
> I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour or so, and no
> failures. memtest won't run when both banks are installed. It crashes
> somewhere from during boot to running the test.
>
> Mark
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net
> <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> wrote:
>
> 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>
> <mailto: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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