BreadFang Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 (edited) Just repaired a 1.6b that had a blown RAM bank 2. This is my first ever 1.6b I've worked on. Usually with FRAO systems there's a good reason for a RAM to die and it's usually a thick layer of once damp dust messing with things. But this time the motherboard was fairly clean. Since this is my first 1.6b I don't have a record of common faults like I do with the others. Do Hynix RAM chips commonly go bad? Edited May 9 by BreadFang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaminGuys Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Not from my experience no, but you know what they say, even in factory conditions, 1 of 1000 cars leaves with a fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Can you really use a Samsung memory on a 1.6b? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadFang Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 24 minutes ago, Petrolhead said: Can you really use a Samsung memory on a 1.6b? Yup. Works fine. It's all the same pinout at the end of the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenHawk Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 How did you find out that this Memory RAM was having a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadFang Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Everything you need to know is here. TLDR: Custom bios made solely for testing the stock 64mb RAM. Communicate in colour codes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 XblastOS v0.64? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prehistoricman Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 A while back, I read some Xecuter discussion from when the 1.6b started being seen, and people were getting issues including the Xbox no longer working. It feels incorrect to say but it sounds like RAM can be damaged by a BIOS that doesn't trim it correctly on a 1.6. 2 hours ago, Petrolhead said: XblastOS v0.64? Yes but more specifically the RAMTESTER version. See the readme https://bitbucket.org/prehistoricman/lpcmod_os/src/master/README.md 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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