Google: Computer memory flakier than expected

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "by Stephen Shankland

Wondering why your computer just crashed again? Its memory might be to blame, according to real-world Google research that finds error rates higher than what earlier work showed.

With hundreds of thousands of computers in its data centers, Google can collect an abundance of real-world data about how those machines actually work. That's exactly what the company did for a research paper that found error rates are surprisingly high." }-Story (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370026-264.html)

[Mrkvonic]

Very interesting, thank you.
Mrk

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "random cosmic rays" }-Never gave it a thought. :doubt: :D

[Mrkvonic]

You get billions of neutrinos storming through your body every seconds and a few TeV+ photons now and then. These can be quite sneaky when they hit a molecule ...
Mrk

[TOMxEU]

By the way, do you test RAM with memtest86 for houres and get a clean rating and still have BSOD? Try real Memtest (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Memory-Tweak/MemTest.shtml), runs in Windows, but finds erros in mins.