Multiple BSODs, primarily concerning ntoskrnl.exe

[chartedlife]

So I wanted to go ahead and post an update. I have been running a memtest overnight, I woke up early and it is only on pass 7, but I want to report that it hasn't thrown an error yet.

Also note that this is the same DIMM slot as the other DIMM that did throw errors.

I will edit this when it reaches pass 9 or so

 

[Dsprague]

I had another thought it may not be the ram on your mother board that its bad it could be your GPU ram that is causing the problem, so please run OCCT and follow this tutorial starting from test 2:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/160729-nvidia-amd-video-card-test-occt.html

 

[chartedlife]

So I ran up to pass 10 on pass 9 there was one error, so I guess it could be either the DIMM or the slot... I will both check my VRAM and switch my DIMM with a friend's to test the slot.

Hopefully it is my actual RAM it has a lifetime warranty lol


EDIT: I cannot test my VRAM because it is not NVIDIA and does not support CUDA

 

[Dsprague]

Yes that would be helpful,got to love those life time warranties, and even a single error in the ram can cause all sorts of crazy things to happen.

 

[chartedlife]

I did find a VRAM tester that works with AMD, here it is for future usage HOME PAGE OF MISHA CHERKES

 

[Dsprague]

I always forget that there is one that works with AMD and one that works with Nvidia yes please use that Vram tester.

 

[chartedlife]

I ran the VRAM tester for one pass, two of the tests are unsupported (both BGR) it took about one hour resulting in no errors, how many passes should I have to do?

Also should be switching out my DIMM for my friend's soon

 

[Dsprague]

I would say 7- 8 passes, but at this point it is looking more like a ram problem than your GPU

 

[chartedlife]

ok I will let those passes run when I have the chance, tonight I will be running memtest on my friend's DIMM to check to see if it is my mobo

 

[Dsprague]

I look forward to your results.

 

[chartedlife]

So after 15 passes of memtest on the new DIMM (same slot) I can assume the slot is fine and both sticks of my RAM are bad, now I guess I just have to wait and see if it BSOD's again.

 

[Dsprague]

The waiting is always the hardest part.