Freezing G5Quad, Ran Hardware test, result DIMM Error

Hi,
I have worked with macs for many years and I had never experienced such a problem. I have 2 Quads, one with 6 Gigs RAM and the other 3 Gigs. The one with 3 started freezing up randomly, sometimes during startup, sometimes after start up, or just after opening a program. The mouse would just freez. I could not do anything.Then I ran Hardware test and it came up with a DIMM error. it said DIMM J9600 had a problem, so I changed the possitions of my RAM and now it is working fine.
What I would like to know is how does a DIMM go bad. I had not opened my G5 for at least 4 months and it just happened from one day to the next. It also currupted my system disc, which I was only able to fix taking it out from the computer and putting it into my other quad and running Disc Warrior, which took more than two hours to fix.
Any ideas what must have happened???
Thanks, and sorry for such a long explanation.

Well - if you are now not getting the RAM error after switching slots, it seems possible that there was nothing wrong with the RAM and it was re-seating the RAM that fixed it.
Although the RAM is a tight fit in the slot, there are many small contacts and any contamination can cause problems - which re-seating can fix.
As you don't report getting the conventional RAM problem warning - bottom of the page here
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302527
it could even be an intermittent fault, so it might be worth running the extended RAM tests - Memtest/Rember - linked-to here
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/aht.html

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