Random BSOD and no more beep codes during boot up

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  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
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    Random BSOD and no more beep codes during boot up


    I booted up my PC recently and it made 2 fast beeps. Now whenever I boot it up, there arent any beeps at all, but there is supposed to be just one. I looked up what 2 beeps means, and it means "Parity error - bad memory". So what exactly does that mean? And what should I do? I tried to test all the ram and ram slots separately, and everything seems to boot up fine. Also I have been getting random BSOD, for some reason no dump file is created, but I did get a picture.

    Computer type PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
    OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    CPU Intel i5 4690k
    Motherboard MSI Z97 Gaming 7
    Memory 12GB
    Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
    Last edited by ruthless1; 13 Jan 2016 at 17:09.
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  2. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
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    Hello and welcome Jeremy mate some system specs please
    System Info - See Your System Specs - very hard to work with soemting unknown.

    Now you say you have some BSOD's and there is one posted in your thread but we need to see the dump files see these
    Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
    &
    Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions

    The beep codes indicate something wrong with the memory as you suspect and I would suggest you first run a memtest RAM - Test with Memtest86+ this is the only memtest we advise to use and it has to be run for at least 8 passes otherwise it is a waste of time - having said that if errors come up fairly soon or before 8 passes you can stop it and start testeing the different sticks and slots.


    and for your info the beep codes can be different for different boards see link and that is part why we need to see some specs. Computer POST and beep codes
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  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Computer type PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
    OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    CPU Intel i5 4690k
    Motherboard MSI Z97 Gaming 7
    Memory 12GB
    Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

    I would upload the dump files, but my computer is not creating dump files for some reason, I looked in the folder and its empty. I had it set to create a minidump, but there is nothing, which is why I just uploaded a picture. I'll try out memtest and report back.
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  4. Posts : 1,436
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #4

    ruthless,

    could you upload a picture of the dialog box when creating dump files?
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  5. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
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    Here you go, before this, I think it was set to kernel memory dump, but still made nothing.
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  6. Posts : 1,436
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #6

    Have you tried selecting the last option? The "complete memory dump" option?
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  7. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    There is not option for complete memory dump, only small or kernel.
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  8. Posts : 1,436
    Windows 7 Home Premium
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    ruthless1 said:
    There is not option for complete memory dump, only small or kernel.
    Well hm that shouldn't be possible, the complete memory dump option should be available for all systems that have over 2GB of ram.
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  9. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
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    I thought that option was only for 2GB and under? Thats what it says on the link posted above.
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  10. Posts : 1,436
    Windows 7 Home Premium
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    ruthless1 said:
    I thought that option was only for 2GB and under? Thats what it says on the link posted above.
    8. To have Windows Create a Complete memory dump File on BSOD
    WARNING: See the NOTE box at the top of the tutorial for important information about the page file requirements for this type of dump file to be created. This option will not be available if you have 2GB or more of RAM installed.

    No it says the complete opposite.

    But either way something is definitely wrong here. What is the size of your paging file?

    Because if the paging file on the boot drive is not large enough. To use the "Write Debugging Information To" feature to obtain a complete memory dump file, the paging file on the boot drive must be at least as large as physical memory + 1 MB. When you create a kernel memory dump file, the file is usually around one-third the size of the physical memory on the system. Of course, this quantity will vary, depending on your circumstances.
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