Ram location bypass

[mahleumon1]

I have used some ram testers to find out which locations are bad on a ram chip I have. I have isolated locations 876, 1004, and 1020 on chip four of my dual channel 4 x 256 megabytes ram setup.

I am looking for a way to stop Windows Xp from using only these locations and still being able to use that ram chip.

I have read about Badram">http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&.../rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/&e=8092</a>
and that in Linux you can bypass some faulty spots on memory chips. I haven't found a way in Windows XP to do the same thing.

I have also read about the Boot.ini]Boot.ini">http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1268/</a> file and two switches in it.
/maxmem
/burnmemory

I think I can move the bad ram chip to slot four and insert /maxmem=256+256+256+109 into the Boot.ini file so that Windows only uses the first 877 of memory. Allowing me to keep the dual channel and the ram chip in place and use the 109 megabytes of memory that is good on that chip.

Questions

Question One. Is there a program out there for Windows XP like the Badram one for Linux?

Question Two. Is there a way to use a boot.ini switch like /maxmem and /burnmemory separately or maybe together to isolate only the three bad memory locations on that chip.

Question Three. Is there any other way to do this.

Hopefully someone knows and can help.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jeff7]

Answer to question #3: RAM usually comes with a lifetime warranty - get it replaced. Who made the sticks?

 

[mahleumon1]

Geil is the manufacture of all my sticks. The one I bought that is bad is from ebay. Whats nice about that is it was bad when I got it and the guy let me keep it and refunded me. Not sure if you can do a warrenty request on that kind of purchase.

 

[LiLithTecH]

Geil. like most Ram manufacturing stand behind their products.

Contact them for an RMA# to return. (support@geilusa.com)
(just don't mention the eBay thing)