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i have also been running memtest86 version 4.20 for about 20 hours now i got 8 passes and o fails 0 errors... does this rule out ram as the possible problem?
Remove the RAM modules. Place one in one slot, do memtest. Then same stick another slot ....
when done, take another ram module, do the same process.
3 passes on first dimm slot with the first module
3 passes on the second dimm slot with the first module
now im gonna test the other module......anyone know if vir is gone or just otherwise indisposed
2 passes on the first slot with the second module
2 passes on the second slot with the second module
hopefully this will rule out the ram
vir you had some good tips WHERE did you go ?!??!?!?! ....... since this is a clients computer i guess if i cant get some help soon i am just gonna sell the board and start new,........ i appreciate the time and help i did recieve but i have been working on this for a week on the forum here and still no results.
Sorry. Was in a Missions Conference. I'm back, though.
Just so you know, Driver Verifier does not function in safe mode, hence why you weren't having problems getting DV to run things in Safe Mode (because it wasn't active).
Bleh, it seems like Arc was on to something with the crashdump he saw. The error code that actually caused that crash was a c0000010, which means invalid operation for target device. It means Windows was trying to get the drive to do something, and the drive rejected it because it couldn't understand it. Unfortunately, without a kernel dump for this crash, I cannot figure out anything beyond this. The rest of the crashes are also rather vague without kernel dumps for them (including the manually initiated one you did, which is worthless without its kernel dump).
From what I'm seeing, though, are what appear to be some issues with crosstalk between your drive and your RAM. This means either the RAM is bad, the drive is bad, or the mobo is bad. Hardware tests are not showing up issues in RAM or disk, so I'm getting more and more suspicious of the motherboard. PSU problems can cause this as well, but we should not consider it at this point in time. This is not a driver/software issue, because if you're getting instability problems in Safe Mode as well, you have a hardware problem (or your Windows installation is corrupt and you have to reinstall Windows).
Unfortunately, this does sound like it's going to be a case of hardware swapping, and I'd start with the motherboard first, then drive, then RAM. It sucks having to go this route, but unless there's professionals around that can have the system hands-on in a lab environment, it's very difficult to ascertain bad hardware, especially if hardware tests are coming up short.