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Oh, right. Sorry, I wasn't sure what you were referring to.
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Oh, right. Sorry, I wasn't sure what you were referring to.
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With Avast uninstalled, make a memory test. Test for 8 passes. Then test each stick in a good slot.
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Alright, so after spending all afternoon getting another computer, downloading Memtest, and burning it to a disc, I now find out I can't boot from it.
When the computer is booting and I get the prompt to press F12 for boot menu, it completely ignores my prompts, as it does with any of the other ones (bios, system info, etc). Could the motherboard just be faulty? Could that be what's causing these problems to begin with?
Last edited by nick95610; 03 Aug 2012 at 06:19. Reason: spelling
A faulty MB could cause the memory problems. Your new BSOD reports show memory. Thats all that I can tell you at the present.
After a couple of boot attempts, I finally got it to open the boot menu and load up Memtest. It's towards the end of the 4th pass at the moment and has encountered no errors thus far. I'm going to run 8 passes as is suggested and report back when it's done, but it's starting to look like the RAM may not be the problem. Also, it's been running for a few hours now without crashing, so we can probably rule out any power supply related issues as well.
What on God's green earth could possibly be causing this?
The reports usually give clues. The last few of yours were quite clear..Memory.
Code:Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.11.0001.404 AMD64 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_Seven Forums (2) (1).zip\Seven Forums\080312-13634-02.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols Executable search path is: Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (4 procs) Free x64 Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Machine Name: Kernel base = 0xfffff800`0324a000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`03487e50 Debug session time: Fri Aug 3 05:43:19.521 2012 (GMT-4) System Uptime: 0 days 0:06:49.832 Loading Kernel Symbols ............................................................... ................................................................ ............ Loading User Symbols Loading unloaded module list ...... ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 50, {fffff8a00a566000, 0, fffff80003580079, 0} Could not read faulting driver name Probably caused by : memory_corruption ( nt!MiCompressRelocations+70 ) Followup: MachineOwner ---------
Ran Memtest for 8 passes. No errors found. What does that mean? Does it mean the RAM definitely isn't faulty?
Negative. The boot menu working caught me by surprise, and I had both sticks in at the time. I didn't want to risk shutting down to take one out and not be able to boot from the disc again when I start back up.
Does having both in simultaneously provide unreliable results? I assumed testing each stick in each slot was to figure out which stick/slot is causing the problem.
Last edited by nick95610; 03 Aug 2012 at 15:40. Reason: spelling
No. Sometimes testing all give false results. The test must be done the way that I said. I can, also tell you, I have never seen consistent bad memory results that were not correct. I can also tell you to press down hard on each stick, sometimes they are not set correctly.