With aging, I have had the gold on gold connectors on memory SIMMs get noisy and cause machines to fail.
My fix has been to remove the SIMM, use a pencil eraser to gently abrade the gold contacts on both sides, clean it with a microfiber cloth and reinsert with a wiping motion against the motherboard connectors.
Sometimes re-seating a CPU in it's socket can also help eliminate noise that can cause this kind of problem.
Marc
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 Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum -
- Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.
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