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March 4th, 2025 23:08

Dell Inspiron 3847 not turning on

I cannot get my pc to boot up...it did a few times, but now nothing works. I had it boot to the diagnostics and ran a full check and found an error that read:

Error code 2000-0122

Validation 97942

Memory errors detected. Limit exceeded. Additional errors will not be resolved. Slot DIMM2.

Is this fixable? Is it worth fixing (10 years old)? If nothing else, I would like to get my files off the hard drive which still seems fine by the diagnostics.

Thanks for any assistance!

QuiltingYvonne

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March 5th, 2025 01:03

Swap the module to the other slot and re-test.  If the error follows the module, replace the memory module with a new one.  If it doesn't (i.e., the same error occurs with the same socket and the other module), it's the socket that's bad.  It may be worth replacing a bad memory module -- but it probably isn't worth replacing the system board if the socket is the faulty part.

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