Random BSODs - faulty RAM?

[Rukyasu]

Greetings,

I bought Acer Travelmate 8473TG and while working or playing games it randomly crashes to BSOD, every time reffering to another system file, e. g. win32k.sys, ntfs.sys or fltmgr.sys.

NB specs:
Intel Core i5 2410M Sandy Bridge, 14" LED 1366x768, 1x RAM 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce GT540M 1GB, Windows 7 Professional 64bit

I finished:

chdsk - no errors found
Prime95 - with lots of RAM tested crashed to BSOD after few minutes
MEMtest86 - 1. attempt found 4000+- errors after few minutes, so i stopped the test
2. attempt this time I let test running 9 hours. no errors found
3. attempt this morning I tried it once more. it took 2 or 3 minutes to find 4077 errors

I'm not sure about these results. Is the RAM 100% faulty or not?

I've found only 3 dump files (attachments).

Thanks much for every help

 

[yowanvista]

[B]MEMtest86[/B] - [U]1. attempt[/U] found [B]4000+- errors[/B] after few minutes, so i stopped the test
 [U]2. attempt[/U] this time I let test running 9 hours. [B]no errors[/B] found
 [U]3. attempt[/U] this morning I tried it once more. it took 2 or 3 minutes to find [B]4077 errors[/B]
 
I'm not sure about these results. Is the RAM 100% faulty or not?

Yes, your RAM is defective or incorrect RAM settings are set in your BIOS. Reset your BIOS it its default values and stop any overclocking if any, be sure to test each RAM stick individually

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PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50)
Invalid system memory was referenced.  This cannot be protected by try-except,
it must be protected by a Probe.  Typically the address is just plain bad or it
is pointing at freed memory.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffff902ad661cb0, memory referenced.
Arg2: 0000000000000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation.
Arg3: fffff9600006da46, If non-zero, the instruction address which referenced the bad memory
    address.
Arg4: 0000000000000005, (reserved)

Debugging Details:
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Could not read faulting driver name

READ_ADDRESS:  fffff902ad661cb0 

FAULTING_IP: 
win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+e6
fffff960`0006da46 498b540d00      mov     rdx,qword ptr [r13+rcx]

MM_INTERNAL_CODE:  5

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR:  0x50

PROCESS_NAME:  explorer.exe

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

TRAP_FRAME:  fffff8800cfff430 -- (.trap 0xfffff8800cfff430)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=fffff900c2a83020 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=fffff900c2a87d70
rdx=0000000000000010 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff9600006da46 rsp=fffff8800cfff5c0 rbp=0000000000000020
 r8=fffff900c2a83010  r9=fffff900c2b62010 r10=0000000000000340
r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na po cy
win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+0xe6:
fffff960`0006da46 498b540d00      mov     rdx,qword ptr [r13+rcx] ds:0001:fffff900`c2a87d70=????????????????
Resetting default scope

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from fffff800030713bf to fffff800030c6c40

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`0cfff2c8 fffff800`030713bf : 00000000`00000050 fffff902`ad661cb0 00000000`00000000 fffff880`0cfff430 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`0cfff2d0 fffff800`030c4d6e : 00000000`00000000 fffff902`ad661cb0 00000000`00000000 fffff880`0cfff6c0 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x44791
fffff880`0cfff430 fffff960`0006da46 : fffff880`0cfff6c0 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000340 fffff800`030d082b : nt!KiPageFault+0x16e
fffff880`0cfff5c0 fffff960`0009a4c2 : 00000000`10018000 00000000`00000360 00000000`00000040 00000000`00000020 : win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+0xe6
fffff880`0cfff640 fffff960`0009a21c : 00000000`1e011a01 fffff900`c0227558 fffff900`c286a630 fffff960`00114bf2 : win32k!GreGetCharABCWidthsW+0x22a
fffff880`0cfffa60 fffff800`030c5ed3 : 00000000`1e011a39 00000000`00000340 fffff900`00000040 00000000`00000000 : win32k!NtGdiGetCharABCWidthsW+0x1b0
fffff880`0cfffaf0 000007fe`fe10595a : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13
00000000`0918d268 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x7fe`fe10595a


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+e6
fffff960`0006da46 498b540d00      mov     rdx,qword ptr [r13+rcx]

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX:  3

SYMBOL_NAME:  win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+e6

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: win32k

IMAGE_NAME:  win32k.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  4e658d5a

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x50_win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+e6

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x50_win32k!RFONTOBJ::bGetGlyphMetrics+e6

Followup: MachineOwner
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[Rukyasu]

I haven't changed absolutely anything in BIOS and I wouldn't use OC in laptop. Laptop has only one memory stick.

 

[yowanvista]

I haven't changed absolutely anything in BIOS and I wouldn't use OC in laptop. Laptop has only one memory stick.

Then the RAM should be replaced, the problem is at the hardware level and cannot be fixed by software. The cause may be a defect in your RRAM

 

[Rukyasu]

I wasn't sure, if it could be motherboard problem. I hope Acer in Europe will replace that RAM without problems and delay.

Thanks much for your help

 

[Rukyasu]

There's one more thing. All those BSODs messed up my OS. Also my recovery partition (factory default) doesn't work for some reason. It keeps saying "please complete operating system setup process before doing system recovery". so, can I download install dvd of my OS and activate it with OEM key on the bottom of the laptop? I've read somewhere that it wouldn't work

 

[yowanvista]

There's one more thing. All those BSODs messed up my OS. Also my recovery partition (factory default) doesn't work for some reason. It keeps saying "please complete operating system setup process before doing system recovery". so, can I download install dvd of my OS and activate it with OEM key on the bottom of the laptop? I've read somewhere that it wouldn't work

No, unless you get an OEM version. Your OEM key won't work with the standard RTM version of Windows 7