Stephan Bucher wrote:
 
> My wife's PC (running W98/2) suddenly started misbehaving (freezing up)
> until it was not even possible most of the time to boot all the way.
> After much trial and error, all problems were cured by selecting the
> "BIOS default" settings; this affected mainly the memory
time settings.
> The PC has 256MB of PC-133 RAM (1 module). The strange thing is that
> this machine has been running for over a year with the "Turbo" BIOS
> settings.
> Can anybody make sense out of this?

RAM can go bad with age, but the likelihood is very small. There are
many other components more likely to fail with age. Capacitors are at
the top of the list. They are used on the motherboard and in the power
supply.

Many motherboards made in the late 90s and early 00s were supplied with
capacitors destined for very early failure. Visit
http://www.motherboardrepair.com/ and
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00140/ to see some of the results.

The beginning of cap failure can manifest as a need to slow the machine
down to regain a previous stability level. As it progresses, what
previously masked the problem will fail to do so any longer. New caps or
new board are the ultimate fix.
-- 
"Never tire of doing what is right."        2 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/



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