Laptop repair

[Eric Shubert]

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 at shubes.net 
> <mailto:ejs at 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 at phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
>     <mailto:mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
>     <mailto:mark at 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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