Solved Constant BSOD, regardless of programs running

[fusta1]

I put it together almost exactly a year ago

Mb : gigabyte ga-990xa
Ram: 4x4gb gskill f3
Cpu: amd phenom2 x6
Hd: seagate 1500 1.5tb
Vga: sapphire hd6570

 

[fusta1]

Looks like a bad slot. Took forever for the bios to load (another problem i experienced along with bsod), and all the other slots didnt have this problem. I tried 2 different sticks well

 

[fusta1]

i was able to get windows running for a while using 2 other slots, then received a windows message about a video issue that it was able to correct, and about a minute later another bsod. ran memtest on the 2 slots i have running and didnt see any issues after 7 tests

edit- twice ive gotten the special pool detected memory corruption bsod with this configuration

 

[koolkat77]

Is the motherboard or any other part under warranty?
I think you should test the RAM on a different computer whether the sticks are faulty at all.

 

[fusta1]

Thanks. Im looking into the warranties and can check the ram on monday

 

[koolkat77]

Take your time. Let us know how it went..

 

[fusta1]

An update- ran memcheck again on all the sticks, in various slots, and this morning ran it with all 4 in again
No errors. Very strange

 

[koolkat77]

Did you try test them on another computer?
Strange yes, but I feel the motherboard is having a problem.

Are all the ram voltages/clock speeds the same?

 

[fusta1]

i tried two sticks on another computer, no problems, and will try the other two now. its an unused computer at work, so all i did was open basically everything in office, ie8, and quickbooks. do you suggest memcheck as well?

 

[koolkat77]

do you suggest memcheck as well?

Yes..

2 things before we can say that the MB is the culprit:

1. 1. Test your hard drive on the other computer.
2. 2. Swap the PSU. (If possible)

Let us know the results.

 

[fusta1]

it seems like one of the sticks is bad- i was not able to load the bios on the other computer. i am going to try to run memtest now on that stick

also, im going to take the stick home from the computer i used today, and try that on my machine

 

[koolkat77]

Thanks for the update.

Good luck.

 

[fusta1]

An update: i installed the new stick last night, and the computer worked fine. So, I am assuming the problems came from the faulty stick, and will install the other 3 tonight and see what happens

 

[koolkat77]

Nice to hear that.. Keep updating the thread like you are now.
We'll be here if you need more help

 

[koolkat77]

Did you find the culprit?

 

[fusta1]

i did. one of the sticks was bad, i replaced it and everything seems fine now!

again, thank you so much for your help. it is very appreciated!

 

[koolkat77]

Glad you were able to find the culprit

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