Bob Day wrote:
> "Cyde Weys" <cydeweys@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1129410518.445581.164210@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > So my computer's running fine, and BAM, it suddenly becomes
> > nonfunctional. It repeatedly insta-reboots from inside Windows.
> > Windows will start successfully, but try using it for a minute or two
> > and the insta-reboot occurs. I figured maybe it's a problem with
> > Windows, so I tried my Gentoo Linux LiveCD ... not working either. The
> > computer boots fine and even sometimes gets the kernel booted, but it
> > quickly freezes after that.
> >
> > So I'm thinking it may be a hardware problem. I try memtest86 from
> > within the Gentoo Linux LiveCD. I get millions of errors. At this
> > point I should probably mention that my memory consists of 2X Crucial
> > 512MB DDR 333Mhz CL2.5 and my motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-X. So I
> > think one of my memory modules may be bad, so I try running with just
> > one. I get the errors in memtest. I try running it with just the
> > other memory module installed. I get the same errors in memtest:
> > specifically, the Err-Bits seem always to be 00ff0000.
> >
> > Is it possible for two memory modules to both go bad simultaneously and
> > in the same fashion? I think it may be *possible*, but it's not
> > exactly probable. So what could be the problem then? Is my
> > motherboard borked?
>
> Bad slot maybe. Possibly, power supply voltage not within
> tolerance.

I get the same memory errors no matter which memory module I use or
which slot I put it in. I guess something is wrong with the memory
pathway in general? And this would be a mobo issue (and presumably the
CPU is fine)?

The power supply voltages seems to be in bounds as follows:

VCORE 1.61V
+3.3V 3.23V
+5V 4.83V
+12V 12.22V