BSOD randomly happens

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Bad DDR3 !!!


    Thanks to all the help I have got from this forum, I hopfully have now solved the BSOD problem (well it's been stable for a few days now !)

    It turns out the DDR3 was bad.

    I did run memtest86 for 11 passes and got no errors at all.
    I ran Prime95, the test recomended here which is small FFTs for about 3hrs and still no errors.
    I then had a play with Prime95 and ran the blended test, so a range of FFTs that ment the ram is used a lot more, within a few mins each of my 4 cores came up with a rounding error !

    I then did the same test with only one DDR3 stick at a time and found one to be at fault.
    So, I got some new DDR3 (same speed/latency) and all is stable now.

    I am a little concerned that Memtest86 did not pick this up, very strange, but at least I have a stable system now !!

    Cheers.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #12

    Good diagnostic work! I'm glad you found the problem, and thanks for reporting back.
      My Computer


 
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