Show Us Your WEI (2)

[Petey7]

And another one Dell says can't run windows 7:

By "can't run Windows 7" they mean that they don't feel like finding the drivers and providing them to you.

 

[madtownidiot]

By "can't run Windows 7" they mean that they don't feel like finding the drivers and providing them to you.

Exactly. It pays to write down the system info in bios. My only troubles with this one were finding a good driver for the GPU and that took me all of a half hour.

 

[A Guy]

And another one Dell says can't run windows 7:

By "can't run Windows 7" they mean that they don't feel like finding the drivers and providing them to you.

They also mean, "we'd be happy to sell you another PC".

A Guy

 

[Mellon Head]

I'm posting this for the weird factor. This is what a bad stick of RAM can do for ya:



I have a normal, spinning WD 160GB as my System drive, and it isn't supposed to be over 5.9, right? This was just the start of the weirdness. It took me three days to find, but the stick finally failed outright.

Everything else in the WEI was fine, but I was thinking the wife slipped an SSD in the case and reinstalled, and set up everything exactly the same...

I hate new builds. lol

 

[A Guy]

I'm posting this for the weird factor. This is what a bad stick of RAM can do for ya:

View attachment 90251

I have a normal, spinning WD 160GB as my System drive, and it isn't supposed to be over 5.9, right? This was just the start of the weirdness. It took me three days to find, but the stick finally failed outright.

Everything else in the WEI was fine, but I was thinking the wife slipped an SSD in the case and reinstalled, and set up everything exactly the same...

I hate new builds. lol

Lol, goes to show why WEI is a rough appraisal, and not something to worry over

A Guy

 

[usbhubman]

Here is my WEI:



And here is my SSD/HD in HDTune:



Looking to get a C300 and an Asus U3S6 controller and moving this Kingston junk to the laptop !

 

[A Guy]

Here is my WEI:

View attachment 90263

And here is my SSD/HD in HDTune:

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Looking to get a C300 and an Asus U3S6 controller and moving this Kingston junk to the laptop !

Welcome to Seven Forums usbhubman, very good numbers

A Guy

 

[Dave76]

I just updated the video driver on this and got a .1 increase, I'm very pleased with it over all.

Looking Good Ted

I'm posting this for the weird factor. This is what a bad stick of RAM can do for ya:

I have a normal, spinning WD 160GB as my System drive, and it isn't supposed to be over 5.9, right? This was just the start of the weirdness. It took me three days to find, but the stick finally failed outright.

Everything else in the WEI was fine, but I was thinking the wife slipped an SSD in the case and reinstalled, and set up everything exactly the same...

I hate new builds. lol

That is strange, just saw another one like that yesterday.

It does do some strange things

Here is my WEI:

And here is my SSD/HD in HDTune:

Looking to get a C300 and an Asus U3S6 controller and moving this Kingston junk to the laptop !

Looks good

Has that Kingston been giving you trouble?

I've got the same plan, my current SSD will go to my laptop, by the end of the year. Waiting for the 25nm release

 

[madtownidiot]

new low budget gaming rig. Just got it running about a half hour ago. only cost 2800 to build... see system specs.. can't wait to see what it's like when it's overclocked

 

[okami 11x]

I'm posting this for the weird factor. This is what a bad stick of RAM can do for ya:

View attachment 90251

I have a normal, spinning WD 160GB as my System drive, and it isn't supposed to be over 5.9, right? This was just the start of the weirdness. It took me three days to find, but the stick finally failed outright.

Everything else in the WEI was fine, but I was thinking the wife slipped an SSD in the case and reinstalled, and set up everything exactly the same...

I hate new builds. lol

Does this mean that my RAMs days are numbered? cuz I have the same thing. I'm running a normal SATA 2 spinner 80gb and I'm getting 7.0 reading

do I need to be looking for new ram? it also seems a lot slower than when I first installed last month but I thought it was because I've installed a lot more programs and I only have a 2gb stick

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I'm posting this for the weird factor. This is what a bad stick of RAM can do for ya:

View attachment 90251

I have a normal, spinning WD 160GB as my System drive, and it isn't supposed to be over 5.9, right? This was just the start of the weirdness. It took me three days to find, but the stick finally failed outright.

Everything else in the WEI was fine, but I was thinking the wife slipped an SSD in the case and reinstalled, and set up everything exactly the same...

I hate new builds. lol

Hello Mellon Head.


For future reference, Memtest86 can (and should) be run before an OS is even installed, just boot the disk when you first start up the BIOS for the very first time and let it run for several passes to find whether any of the RAM is bad right off the bat; I know, hind sight and all that.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Does this mean that my RAMs days are numbered? cuz I have the same thing. I'm running a normal SATA 2 spinner 80gb and I'm getting 7.0 reading

do I need to be looking for new ram? it also seems a lot slower than when I first installed last month but I thought it was because I've installed a lot more programs and I only have a 2gb stick

If you want to test your RAM, I'd suggest you download Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool and use that to see. Just write it to a blank CD and restart, booting from the CD will start the test.

 

[Mellon Head]

Hello Mellon Head.


For future reference, Memtest86 can (and should) be run before an OS is even installed, just boot the disk when you first start up the BIOS for the very first time and let it run for several passes to find whether any of the RAM is bad right off the bat; I know, hind sight and all that.

Good advice. I did a motherboard/CPU/RAM swap on an established system and ran Memtest right away. That was three weeks ago, since then both of my brand new sticks of RAM have failed. It won't even boot now. Good thing the new sticks arrive today.

Bye bye OCZ. Mushkin FTW!

 

[ZaLiTH]

Hello Mellon Head.


For future reference, Memtest86 can (and should) be run before an OS is even installed, just boot the disk when you first start up the BIOS for the very first time and let it run for several passes to find whether any of the RAM is bad right off the bat; I know, hind sight and all that.

Good advice. I did a motherboard/CPU/RAM swap on an established system and ran Memtest right away. That was three weeks ago, since then both of my brand new sticks of RAM have failed. It won't even boot now. Good thing the new sticks arrive today.

Bye bye OCZ. Mushkin FTW!

Just a quick note: the original MemTest hasn't been updated in a very long time (see 'Change Log' at Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic), if you look at MemTest86+ (Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool) you'll find a more up to date version under a GPL license.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Mellon Head.


For future reference, Memtest86 can (and should) be run before an OS is even installed, just boot the disk when you first start up the BIOS for the very first time and let it run for several passes to find whether any of the RAM is bad right off the bat; I know, hind sight and all that.

Good advice. I did a motherboard/CPU/RAM swap on an established system and ran Memtest right away. That was three weeks ago, since then both of my brand new sticks of RAM have failed. It won't even boot now. Good thing the new sticks arrive today.

Bye bye OCZ. Mushkin FTW!

Just a quick note: the original MemTest hasn't been updated in a very long time (see 'Change Log' at Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic), if you look at MemTest86+ (Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool) you'll find a more up to date version under a GPL license.

Thanks mate, I didn't know that.

 

[CarlTR6]

Hello Mellon Head.


For future reference, Memtest86 can (and should) be run before an OS is even installed, just boot the disk when you first start up the BIOS for the very first time and let it run for several passes to find whether any of the RAM is bad right off the bat; I know, hind sight and all that.

Good advice. I did a motherboard/CPU/RAM swap on an established system and ran Memtest right away. That was three weeks ago, since then both of my brand new sticks of RAM have failed. It won't even boot now. Good thing the new sticks arrive today.

Bye bye OCZ. Mushkin FTW!

Just a quick note: the original MemTest hasn't been updated in a very long time (see 'Change Log' at Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic), if you look at MemTest86+ (Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool) you'll find a more up to date version under a GPL license.

Memtest 86+ is what most of us recommend.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Thanks mate, I didn't know that.

No problem, sharing is caring..

Memtest 86+ is what most of us recommend.

If I remember correctly, it was thanks to you that I found MemTest86+ back when I first found SevenForums, before that I also used to use the old one.. I used to just type 'memtest' and do the ctrl + enter shortcut to do the "www.___.com" thing, so I never needed to search for it.

 

[Petey7]

And here I thought memtest86 and memtest86+ were the same thing. Guess I more or less wasted a DVD

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

And here I thought memtest86 and memtest86+ were the same thing. Guess I more or less wasted a DVD

They work best from CD.

 

[Petey7]

And here I thought memtest86 and memtest86+ were the same thing. Guess I more or less wasted a DVD

They work best from CD.

I am/was out of them at the moment.