This month the doctor tackles ram errors, RAIDing different drives, and more Errors on the RAMpage? Five years ago, I built a computer that has performed without problems. I put in an Intel DP965LT 775 motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor, EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS videocard, two Western Digital 500GB drives, two Toshiba DVD drives, and two sticks of Crucial 1GB DDR2/667 memory. By today’s standards, the machine is ancient, but it has been fine for my needs. Don't let this go on a RAMpage Earlier this year, I decided to boost my memory by adding two 2GB Crucial DDR2/667 sticks to bring my system memory from 2GB to 6GB. The system showed that I had 6GB of memory. Then I started to notice that even though it was noticeably faster, I was having system problems. Thinking my problems might be related to heat, I started running SIW (System Information for Windows) and found the core temperatures to be (in my opinion) high. Most readings are between 58 and 65 C, with an occasional peak of around 80 C. (This is an air-cooled system with stock fans.) I then removed the two new sticks of memory and dropped the system memory back to 2GB. The problems went away, but the temps remained in the 58 to 65 C range. I then took out the original two sticks (2GB total) and put in the two new sticks (4GB total) and the problems returned. Thinking my problem might be the new memory, I ran Memtest86+ overnight twice, with no errors reported the next day. But the problem on
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