Great. I thought the RAM was faulty. If you had a separate test machine, you could've determined that the RAM was okay right away and that your bios mobo is at fault.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1Intel® Pentium® 4 @ 2.26 GHz, Intel Core i7-2...512MB Dual channel DDR SDRAM @ 400MHz 2.5-3-3...Intel 82865G, Nvidia GeForce 520M Graphics
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Optiplex SX270, Lenovo Z470
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
- CPU
- Intel® Pentium® 4 @ 2.26 GHz, Intel Core i7-2670QM @ 2.20 GH
- Motherboard
- Dell, Lenovo
- Memory
- 512MB Dual channel DDR SDRAM @ 400MHz 2.5-3-3-7, 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel 82865G, Nvidia GeForce 520M Graphics
- Sound Card
- SoundMax Integrated Audio, Integrated HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W1952
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900, 1366 x 768
- Hard Drives
- 40 GB 2.5" IDE 4200 RPM HDD, 500 GB 5400 RPM Sata 1.5 + 32 GB SSD
- PSU
- Dell 145 Watt, Lenovo 120 Watt Power Adapter
- Case
- Optiplex SX270 Small Form Factor, Laptop
- Cooling
- Dell Proprietary Air Cooling, Stock laptop cooling
- Keyboard
- Dell SK-8125 USB Keyboard
- Mouse
- Dell PS/2 2 button ball mouse with wheel scroll
- Internet Speed
- 300 Mbit down / 20 Mbps up Time Warner Cable
- Antivirus
- MSE, Malwarebytes Scanner
- Browser
- Internet (Aizawa) Explorer 11
- Other Info
- Running Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on a virtual machine to run Metro Apps.
