BSODs on Startup / Startup Failures / Comp Starts Every Other Time

[iamthedecider]

Hi sevenforums,

I have a three year old custom built desktop. Specs are as follows:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 927MHz (10-11-10-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V DELUXE (LGA1155)
Graphics
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (EVGA)
Storage
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 (SATA) 94 °F
3726GB Western Digital WDC WD4003FZEX-00Z4SA0 (SATA) 99 °F
223GB INTEL SS DSC2CW240A3 SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
Optical Drives
ASUS BC-12B1ST
Audio
ASUS XONAR PHOEBUS Audio Device

I was getting the odd "Page fault in non-paged area" BSOD about once a month. I also had another issue where the computer would hang on startups after the windows splash to a black screen with only my mouse cursor. This would cause me to hard reset. Due to Occam's razor I attributed both the BSODs and the inability for my computer to load on every other startup to the same error.

I googled this issue and noticed it was related to messed up ram. This prompted me to run memtest86 last week. Memtest86 returned dozens of errors after going through 4 passes. Because of this I RMA'd the RAM.

Today I installed the new RAM. I have not seen a "page fault in non paged area" bsod as of yet, but they usually took time to show up (>1 week of computer usage).

After installing the new RAM, I began having numerous startup issues and a new blue screen.

The computer began hanging at the "welcome" screen, again only on every other startup. On another startup I received a 0x00000C5 BSOD immediately after putting in my login credentials. On yet another startup, I got hungup to a black screen prior to entering my credentials. Finally, on another startup, I entered into my desktop page, however, I was unable to open anything such as computer, control panel, etc. I had to hard reset from this state again. When I would open something such as control panel I would receive an error message stating application can not be opened.

With each of these screwed up startups, I had one clean normal startup in between which has only puzzled me even more.

Starting up to safe mode boots properly. I have disabled all startup programs via msconfig, but the problems persisted.

I uninstalled Asus AI Suite II today, however it does not appear to have changed anything.

I attempted to run windows startup repair, but it stated it did not find errors to repair. There are no restore points created whatsoever, even though I have system protection set to "on" for local disk C. I created one now, but this restore point would have the current issues within it.

I will be running memtest86 again tonight to verify my RMA ram is fine.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I have attached my DM Log.

 

[iamthedecider]

Memtest86 results

Ran Memtest86 overnight with the brand new RAM. Received repeat failures of the hammer test. Any ideas as to why new ram would do this? Also, how would I fix this? Summary attached below.

Summary

Report Date 2015-08-28 11:16:31
Generated by MemTest86 V6.1.0 Free (64-bit)
Result FAIL
System Information

EFI Specifications 2.31
CPU Type Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz
CPU Clock 3606 MHz [Turbo: 3688.1 MHz]
# Logical Processors 8
L1 Cache 4 x 64K (102564 MB/s)
L2 Cache 4 x 256K (54968 MB/s)
L3 Cache 8192K (34778 MB/s)
Memory 32815M (22063 MB/s)
DIMM Slot #0 8GB DDR3 XMP PC3-14200
Corsair / CMZ32GX3M4A1866C10
10-11-10-29 / 888 MHz / 1.500V
DIMM Slot #1 8GB DDR3 XMP PC3-14200
Corsair / CMZ32GX3M4A1866C10
10-11-10-29 / 888 MHz / 1.500V
DIMM Slot #2 8GB DDR3 XMP PC3-14200
Corsair / CMZ32GX3M4A1866C10
10-11-10-29 / 888 MHz / 1.500V
DIMM Slot #3 8GB DDR3 XMP PC3-14200
Corsair / CMZ32GX3M4A1866C10
10-11-10-29 / 888 MHz / 1.500V
Result summary

Test Start Time 2015-08-28 01:44:53
Elapsed Time 9:29:49
Memory Range Tested 0x0 - 81F000000 (33264MB)
CPU Selection Mode Single: CPU # 0
# Tests Passed 29/31 (93%)
Lowest Error Address 0x55186044 (1361MB)
Highest Error Address 0x81D884A7C (33240MB)
Bits in Error Mask 00000000FF000000
Bits in Error 8
Max Contiguous Errors 1
Test # Tests Passed Errors
Test 0 [Address test, walking ones, 1 CPU] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 1 [Address test, own address, 1 CPU] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 2 [Address test, own address] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 3 [Moving inversions, ones & zeroes] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 4 [Moving inversions, 8-bit pattern] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 5 [Moving inversions, random pattern] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 6 [Block move, 64-byte blocks] 3/3 (100%) 0
Test 7 [Moving inversions, 32-bit pattern] 2/2 (100%) 0
Test 8 [Random number sequence] 2/2 (100%) 0
Test 9 [Modulo 20, ones & zeros] 2/2 (100%) 0
Test 10 [Bit fade test, 2 patterns, 1 CPU] 2/2 (100%) 0
Test 13 [Hammer test] 0/2 (0%) 43
Last 10 Errors
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 81D884A7C, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: DFFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 74A487FCC, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: 7FFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 710085864, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: FEFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 6F7084204, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: 7FFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 660486DBC, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: DFFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 57C085F5C, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: DFFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 561487FCC, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: EFFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 500886804, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: 7FFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 40E48676C, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: FBFFFFFF
[Data Error] Test: 13, CPU: 0, Address: 245084084, Expected: FFFFFFFF, Actual: FBFFFFFF
Certification

This document certifies that the Tests described above have been carried out by a suitably qualified technician on the System described above.
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