Memory_Management BSOD

Honestly yes. You may want to start thinking about a clean install.

zigzag3143 said:

Honestly yes. You may want to start thinking about a clean install.

Now that I've deleted the theme and done some cleanup, everything seems to be running smoothly so far.

I'll try it out for a few days and see if it runs without errors or BSODs. If it does then I will mark this as solved. :)

If not then I will try a fresh install of Windows. I REALLY hope I don't have to resort to that since it would mean reinstalling all of my programs AND all the drivers that I just updated

I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for all your help Zigzag!

Ok do I decided to run a Memtest just in case my memory was bad. It's currently on the first pass still and it's already got 1,006 errors. I know that I have to switch the ram and the slots to figure out if it's a faulty ram stick or mobo slot but is this definitely faulty memory? I mean over 1000 errors?

Bump. Sorry about the multiple posts but I need to know ASAP if I should be looking to buy new memory or not.

Ka6Scope said:

Bump. Sorry about the multiple posts but I need to know ASAP if I should be looking to buy new memory or not.

With that many errors it is either RAM or a mobo slot. Run memtest on each slot using known good ram

Ok just ran the first stick in the first slot for 10 passes and got no errors so I'll run that stick in each slot now to determine of any of the slots are bad. If not, I'll test the 2nd 3rd and 4th sticks individually to see which ones are faulty.

Ok so I ran the 2nd stick in the 2nd slot and got no errors. Now I'm trying to run ram in the third slot and I keep getting the dram_led light meaning it's not working. No matter what configuration I put them in it won't boot when something is in that 3rd slot, except when all 4 are in, which is when I got the thousands of errors.

HUGE problem. Now when I try to put any ram into ANY slot, it givese the ram error light and keeps restarting after a few seconds. My monitor won't even show anything at all so I can't even get into the bios or try booting in safe mode. What do I do?

Try a hardware/software reset of the BIOS.

1. Shut down and turn off the computer.
   
2. Unplug the computer from the wall or surge protector (then remove the battery if it is a laptop).
   
3. "Remove the computer from any port replicator or docking station, disconnect
   cables to printers or devices such as external monitors, USB memory sticks or SD cards, headset or external speakers, mouse or auxiliary keyboard, turn off WIFI and Bluetooth wireless devices." (Use Hard Reset to Resolve Hardware and Software Issues HP Pavilion dv5000 Notebook PC series - HP Customer Care (United States - English))
   
4. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds. This closes the circuit and ensures all
   power from components is drained to clear the software connections between the BIOS
   and hardware and clear any corruption in the temporary memory.
   
5. (If it is a laptop, plug the battery back into the laptop and then) Plug the computer back into the wall. Do not reconnect any unnecessary peripherals; monitor, keyboard,
   and mouse should suffice and be the only peripherals reconnected.
   
6. Turn it on to reinitialize the software connections between the BIOS and hardware