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Dealing with faulty RAM modules in 2026 (blog.kumio.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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How to test and safely keep using your janky RAM without compromising stability using memtest86+ and the memmap kernel param.

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[–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

OK, so let's cut it down and say we have 4 PCs for someone with a family and home server, with 4 DIMMs each.

You are saying the first rule of PC building says that this house should have at least 16 unused DIMMs on the shelf. I'd say 2-4 is reasonable if they are all compatible.

"Buy two extra of everything" is a good rule and scales for the individual. "Buy double of everything" is not.

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