Thanks, I primarily want to salvage this machine for internet access and running a few Microsoft Office applications. With the cost of new memory I don't think the machine is worth investing in a new module or two. I think I will just find 2 good modules and run the machine with 2 spacers (which I found on eBay for $7.50). Steve -----Original Message----- From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gary R Tennesen Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:57 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Failing RIMM memory The specs for the 700x should be 2 banks of 2. This means that you should be able to run it with 2 good RDRAM sticks. I would number the chips with a felt pen 1-4 and then using a process of elimination, find which 2 are good among the 4. I would hope that you have at least 2 good sticks, because it takes 2 to get a bank to POST. My favorite cheap and reliable online stores are showing a pair of 256's for your machine at 199.00 usd (pricey by today's standards!) gary r. tennesen [log in to unmask] Steve Szlatenyi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have an older Gateway 700X computer with an Intel (Lexington 2) Pentium 4 - 2.4-GHz / 533-MHz mother board. It has 4 256MB RIMM 800 PC memory cards. It has been giving me a number of errors and when I ran Microsoft's memory test the memory failed. I tried re-seating all the cards and then tried removing 2 of the 4 cards but the machine would not boot. I think I need all 4 cards in place to boot up so I'm having problems finding which card is the faulty one by going through a process of elimination. A new card cost $140.00 which is pretty ridiculous for old slow memory but I would like to salvage the machine. I'm told that there is a C-RIMM spacer which can be used to replace a card and still have the machine boot up normally but I can't seem to find a source of supply for one. Any suggestions on a way around my problem, a way to identify which card is bad, or a reasonable source of supply for 256MB RIMM memory? PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>