Quote Originally Posted by Kikkomann View Post
Can't be. You can't even boot if the mems are busted.

Unstable in Linux boot? Hardware definitely.

Ventilation and heat dissipation are the two most common problem of old (unstable) PCs.
yes you can boot with defective RAMs. ive booted into winxp and it causes the OS to restart randomly especially during resource intensive apps. i used memtest to find the defective stick of RAM.