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Windows 7: Possible Motherboard or RAM issue?
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07 Feb 2010
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Possible Motherboard or RAM issue?
Since I got my computer around christmas time I had been experiencing many crashes and BSOD. At first I thought it could be drivers or an OS (windows 7 64 bit) issue but that wasn't the case. If I use 1 stick of the RAM i have the computer works fine. It doesnt matter what stick though. However both sticks together will cause the problems. The motherboard is an ASUS M4A78LT-M LE and the RAM is G Skill F3-1066CL9D-4GBNQ. Any idea what could be the issue? | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard ASUS M4A78LT-M LE
Memory G skill 4gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD4890 1gb
Screen Resolution 1680 x1050
PSU 950w
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07 Feb 2010
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Win7 x64 + x86 Southeastern CT, USA |
Try the instructions starting at Step 7 of this link: Memory Diagnostics | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (x64), Lenovo x61s Tablet, Samsung Netbook
OS Win7 x64 + x86
CPU Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom in the netbook
Motherboard Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory 12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbook
Graphics Card ATI 4870
Sound Card Yes, I have one of these
Monitor(s) Displays 32" Sharp Aquos TV
Screen Resolution 800x600 - I have vision issues
Keyboard Microsoft Natural
Mouse Logitech Trackman
PSU 1000 watt (can't recall the brand)
Case Antec 300
Cooling Big honking cooler that was rated highly at Toms Hardware
Hard Drives 4 - 150 gB Velociraptors in RAID 5
Promise controller
Internet Speed Cable
Other Info GeekSquad UPS
CyberPower UPS
DLink DNS-323 NAS (2 tB)
Netgear wireless router as an access point
Netgear wired router FSV-318
Home network consists of
4 desktop computers (2 Vista, 2 Win7)
1 netbook (Win7)
4 laptop computers (XP, 2-Vista, Win7)
Wii and XBox 360
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07 Feb 2010
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I've tried memtest before bu I think i'll run it again on the second slot as both sticks passed before. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard ASUS M4A78LT-M LE
Memory G skill 4gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD4890 1gb
Screen Resolution 1680 x1050
PSU 950w
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07 Feb 2010
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#4 | |
Win7 x64 + x86 Southeastern CT, USA |
The point here is to run a known good stick in all the slots - this will tell you if the slots are bad (which is a motherboard problem)
Then, if you've ruled out the motherboard slots (as you've ruled out the sticks) - then we have to move on to memory compatibility as the cause. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (x64), Lenovo x61s Tablet, Samsung Netbook
OS Win7 x64 + x86
CPU Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom in the netbook
Motherboard Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory 12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbook
Graphics Card ATI 4870
Sound Card Yes, I have one of these
Monitor(s) Displays 32" Sharp Aquos TV
Screen Resolution 800x600 - I have vision issues
Keyboard Microsoft Natural
Mouse Logitech Trackman
PSU 1000 watt (can't recall the brand)
Case Antec 300
Cooling Big honking cooler that was rated highly at Toms Hardware
Hard Drives 4 - 150 gB Velociraptors in RAID 5
Promise controller
Internet Speed Cable
Other Info GeekSquad UPS
CyberPower UPS
DLink DNS-323 NAS (2 tB)
Netgear wireless router as an access point
Netgear wired router FSV-318
Home network consists of
4 desktop computers (2 Vista, 2 Win7)
1 netbook (Win7)
4 laptop computers (XP, 2-Vista, Win7)
Wii and XBox 360
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07 Feb 2010
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I've tried both slots with both sticks and they work. Hwoever both together cause problems. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard ASUS M4A78LT-M LE
Memory G skill 4gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD4890 1gb
Screen Resolution 1680 x1050
PSU 950w
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07 Feb 2010
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#6 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Any overclocking of CPU or Ram Memory ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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07 Feb 2010
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Nope I'm not overclocking anything at the moment. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard ASUS M4A78LT-M LE
Memory G skill 4gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD4890 1gb
Screen Resolution 1680 x1050
PSU 950w
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08 Feb 2010
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how many slots do you have available? they usually require you to go slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 if you only have 2 sticks. Putting ram in 2 consecutive slots might cause a problem. | | My System Specs | | |
12 May 2010
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Hi,
Your MB supports only DDR2-1200, DDR2-1066, DDR2-800, DDR2-667RAM and you will need to make sure that both the slots are used by identical ram check if all the specs of both RAM sticks match cos it looks like incompatible Sticks | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number x
OS xp, vista, seven
CPU x
Motherboard x
Memory x
Graphics Card x
Sound Card x
Monitor(s) Displays x
PSU x
Case x
Cooling x
Hard Drives x
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12 May 2010
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Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |
Quote: Originally Posted by pcs3657  Hi,
Your MB supports only DDR2-1200, DDR2-1066, DDR2-800, DDR2-667RAM and you will need to make sure that both the slots are used by identical ram check if all the specs of both RAM sticks match cos it looks like incompatible Sticks While I appreciate you initiative this thread is 4 months old and I dont even know if he is still a member.
Just a heads up
Ken | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU 2@2.4
Memory 4 gigs
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Cooling none
Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up
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