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Houston, we have a problem...
Well zigzag3143, you were right on the memory stuff... So much for my recent memtest... My RAM (Team Extreem Dark) is DDR2 1066 which is an overclocked RAM)
After feeling the wall (having tried to avoid it by doing the less time consuming steps) I tried memtest from USB; RAM - Test with Memtest86+
First run with all sticks populated resulted in a near instant sea of red...
So maintaining the Bios settings:
Test 1 All sticks (A1/ Slot 1, B1/ Slot2, A2/ Slot3, B2/ Slot4) sea of red...
Test 2 (A1/ Slot 1) 8 passes
Test 3 (B1/ Slot2) sea of red...
Test 4 (A1/ Slot 2) 14 passes overnight=
Test 5 (A1/ Slot 3) 4 passes and still testing | [5 passes >]
[Test 6 (A1/ Slot 4) 2 passes ]
[Test 7 (A2/ Slot 1) processing]
- So will continue testing slots 3 and 4 with A1 stick (proved good on general setting).
- Then test last 2 sticks for errors
- Test sticks correctly paired in correct channels.
- Test "bad" stick at reduced voltage, but doesn't look good.
Luckily, the Team RAM has a "lifetime" warranty. I'll report back with some more info when it comes to hand...
With thanks and regards,
Dave
PS This RAM runs Hot! Between 1.8 - 2.0V
Propose:
Test 8 = (B2/ Slot 1)
Test 9 = (A1/Slot 1) + (A2/ Slot 3) for dual channel @ Reduced volts and speed (800 Mhz)
Test 10 = (A1/Slot 1) + (B2/ Slot 3)+ (A2/ Slot 3) to maintain 6G of RAM
@ 45mins a pass.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz or ?
Last edited by GDavidF; 12 Mar 2012 at 00:24. Reason: Added some results of memtesting in []s and postscript at end...