RAM-related failure study information
Oct 18, 2009 1:36:02 GMT
Post by CharlieChomper on Oct 18, 2009 1:36:02 GMT
While the article involving the study results does get very technical in some areas, I was partly inspired by Felicity's recent troubles to want to post this.
The summary of it is that Google performed a two and a half year study on the frequency and rates and possible causes of RAM/memory failures and issues within systems.
What was of particular note was that most of the failures appeared not to be so much tied into the RAM/memory, itself, or what are sometimes referred to as "environmental factors" (such as temperature) but was more often than not the result of problems with the motherboard (such as the memory "banks"/slots) and design-related issues (such as the placement of the "banks" or routing on the motherboard).
It's also a problem that is universal across the current hardware architecture commonly in use by most computers these days--regardless of whether it's a PC, Mac, workstation, laptop, most servers, etc.
The summary of it is that Google performed a two and a half year study on the frequency and rates and possible causes of RAM/memory failures and issues within systems.
What was of particular note was that most of the failures appeared not to be so much tied into the RAM/memory, itself, or what are sometimes referred to as "environmental factors" (such as temperature) but was more often than not the result of problems with the motherboard (such as the memory "banks"/slots) and design-related issues (such as the placement of the "banks" or routing on the motherboard).
It's also a problem that is universal across the current hardware architecture commonly in use by most computers these days--regardless of whether it's a PC, Mac, workstation, laptop, most servers, etc.
Some time ago, I had begun working on what was to be a PM to someone regarding testing RAM/memory (I never finished it as I did not have time for it), but I'm now wondering if perhaps I should just try and post that information to the forum instead?
