<div dir="ltr">Patrick,<div>I work for a computer company locally and do a ton of diagnostic and repair work on a variety of servers, main frame equipment etc. - I say that to let you know I have a lot of experience as I do this kind of stuff every day of the week!</div>
<div><br></div><div>A few years ago I had a similar issue with my system and had memory issues with OCZ and ADATA memory. I figured this out by running memtest86 - a utility available for free - it's a bootable disk that you run and it does thorough testing of the memory - if you google it you should be able to find it rather quick.</div>
<div><br></div><div>After several attempts to get 'good' memory from OCZ and ADATA I gave up and bought Corsair memory - all builds I do from now on (for friends/family etc.) I will only use high-quality Corsair (or equivalent) memory for this reason.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The issue 'could' also be with the system board - if you can get your hands on some memory to test the box - you should be able to determine the problem pretty quick. The good thing is that the PC3-10666 memory is rather cheap compared to past memory types. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I would start with memory first though. Have a great Christmas - and good luck!!</div><div><br></div><div>Dan </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@upmerchants.com" target="_blank">patrick@upmerchants.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
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My computer died this morning. Over the past week it has been having hard lockups where I need to power off and back on to get it to work.<br>
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No problem messages of any kind in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when I checked it astre restart.<br>
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I did get a bios message once, something about the "dram" setting. Did not record it so cannot say amy more about it.<br>
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Power supply looks good when plugged into a power judge tester.<br>
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system consists of:<br>
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ECS A780LM-M2 AMD 760G Motherboard - Micro ATX, Socket AM3, AMD 760G Chipset, 1800MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA II (3Gb/s), RAID, Radeon HD 3000 Graphics, 6-CH Audio, Fast Ethernet LAN, USB 2.0 MPN: A780LM-M2 (10/100)<br>
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AMD AD610EHDK42GM Athlon II X4 610e Processor - Quad Core, 2MB L2 Cache, 2.40GHz, Socket AM3, 45W, No Fan, OEM MPN: AD610EHDK42GM<br>
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Thermaltake CL-P0503 CPU Cooler - 70mm Fan, Rifle Bearing, Socket AM2, AM2+, AM3, 754, 939 MPN: CL-P0503<br>
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ADATA Premier Series AD3U1333C4G9-SH 4GB Desktop Memory Module - PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 240-pin DIMM<br>
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Diablotek CPA-0170 Diamond ATX Mid Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, 400W PSU, 2x Int 5.25" x 1x Ext 3.5", 2x Int 3.5", 2x Front USB 2.0 Ports, Black<br>
MPN: CPA-0170<br>
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Unfortunately I don't have any other machine / parts to swap around to see if it will revive.<br>
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Any ideas as to what could be the most likely cause / what parts to start replacing first?<br>
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Thank you.<br>
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Patrick<br>
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