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194612 2003-11-25 21:26:00 I am running winxp prof sp1 on an amd 2ooo with 1gb ram.
Many applications are aborting with a message that memory referenced at a particular location cannot be either read or written.
This often occurs when the program is closing, which is not such a problem as no harm seems to be done, however it is also happening when some programs try to load, such as Ulead visual studio 7, or whilst I am rendering video.
What is the problem??
ppearce (4906)
194613 2003-11-25 21:33:00 this sounds like bad RAM

how long has this been happening?
how old is the system?
robsonde (120)
194614 2003-11-25 21:41:00 the ram is brand new. the problem existed with the old ram.
the system is 1 year old.
ppearce (4906)
194615 2003-11-25 23:55:00 Try, temporarily, slowing down the memory. If the problem goes away, the the problem will be that the memory is "nearly" fast enough. If it doesn't there could be a bad area/location. Does it consistently report the same address? Graham L (2)
194616 2003-11-26 02:56:00 no the addresses vary considerably.
I will try slowing down and let you know.
Thankyou.
ppearce (4906)
194617 2003-11-30 20:17:00 tried your suggestion to no avail.
reformatted hard drive & reloaded xp
problem solved !!!
Thankyou for your assistance
ppearce (4906)
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