Problems with sata hard drive

[nvingo]

Originally Posted by hessodreamy

The RAM had been replaced a while back, so I swapped it. Lo and behold - booted up fine. Just for fun, I put the old one (which I'd just taken out) back in - and it still booted up fine!

So I've got a working pc in exactly the same configuration as it was yesterday when it wasn't working. Any ideas where to go from here?

Might have been the replacemnt RAM wasn't seated properly.

[dandnsmith]

I agree - I did say seating might be an issue, and it looks as though it was.

Now you (hessodreamy) use it for a while, and watch for any further indications - with a bit of luck, you've cured it, and can add that remedy to what you try in future.

[Analoguesat]

The original ram may be faulty - it will work ok until a programme tries to access the bad block.