How to tell if RAM is dead?

[BeauJangles]

Hey guys I wounded my computer a few weeks ago when my mobo blew a capacitator and sent my 1.2 ghz Athlon to processor heaven. At the time my video card wasn't in there, but I can't remember if my RAM was... Besides finding another DDR board to test it in, if RAM is fried are there any visible markings on it?

 

[johndoe52]

I've only seen one stick of ram that was clearly KIA. There was a definite scortch mark on 3 of the gold leads. Other than that the only way I'd know how to check ram is to stick it in a mb and see if it'll start up. Good luck and becareful.

 

[VBboy]

Capacitator? Wow. We didn't study that.

You can go to a non-major computer store or a computer show.. They usually have special RAM testers (hardware devices).

 

[bravesfan258]

The motherboard was de-Capacitatored.

BlinderBomber - I know it was a typo, sorry to poke fun.

 

[smp]

How did the cap go?
Were you doing anything to it?
You didn't have your video card in there?

Only thing I can think of is just putting it in another board, and then running memtest.

 

[MWink]

I've seen the label on a stick of RAM melt and burn. That gave me a pretty good idea it was dead.



<< You can go to a non-major computer store or a computer show.. They usually have special RAM testers (hardware devices). >>



I've done that too.

 

[BeauJangles]

lol, sorry guys, I was really sick when I posted this (bigtime headache). The RAM has no damage on it, so i assume it's ok! woooooooooooohoooo!!! now I gotta pick up my XP1700 tomorrow