Bad RAM?

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cytricytri
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
How do you know that you have bad ram? Can it prevent your mac from starting up? Can A DIMM become bad one day or do they generally stay good forever?

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    hekalhekal Posts: 117member
    If RAM is bad it will typically crap out shortly after purchase. It CAN go bad down the road but isn't common.



    [quote]Originally posted by cytri:

    <strong>How do you know that you have bad ram? Can it prevent your mac from starting up? Can A DIMM become bad one day or do they generally stay good forever?</strong><hr></blockquote>
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    daverdaver Posts: 496member
    I had some bad RAM last year. After installing a new 64 MB module, I experienced constant crashes and many applications with large memory allocations wouldn't launch.



    If RAM works now, odds are that it will work tomorrow. I've never heard of RAM "going bad."
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