[pompanoguy]

I have an Acer Aspire 6930 with 3 gig of ram. It will not start up. I have tried everything, battery, etc etc. I then removed a memory module, and it started right up! I put the chip that I removed back in, and took out the other. It started up again. I then put back the memory, and it started. This lasted for a while. Now, I have the same problem. If I remove and put the memory modules back in, it starts. Any ideas?

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You might try testing the memory:

Memtest86+

Memtest86

You could have a bad connection with the memory, which works when you "clean" it by removing and re-installing the memory.

You could also try using contact cleaner to clean the contact, but make sure that ALL power is removed.

[Kemasa]

You might try testing the memory:

Memtest86+

Memtest86

You could have a bad connection with the memory, which works when you "clean" it by removing and re-installing the memory.

You could also try using contact cleaner to clean the contact, but make sure that ALL power is removed.

[pompanoguy]

You might try testing the memory:

Memtest86+

Memtest86

You could have a bad connection with the memory, which works when you "clean" it by removing and re-installing the memory.

You could also try using contact cleaner to clean the contact, but make sure that ALL power is removed.

I will try it.

[pompanoguy]

same problem after cleaning.

[Kemasa]

Have you tried running it for some time with only one memory module to ensure that it continues to work?