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what does this debug text tell me?!

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by geoffcox, 2010/05/27.

  1. 2010/05/27
    geoffcox

    geoffcox Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello

    My Windows 7 Home Premium PC has started to have blue screen episodes.

    I have used DebugWiz to produced this text below but am not clear what it tells me!

    Any ideas please?

    Cheers

    Geoff

    Opened log file 'c:debuglog.txt'

    Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.12.0002.633 X86
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


    Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\052710-22343-01.dmp]
    Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

    Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/...ls*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
    Executable search path is: C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows\system32\drivers
    Windows 7 Kernel Version 7600 MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
    Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
    Built by: 7600.16539.x86fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
    Machine Name:
    Kernel base = 0x82809000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x82948570
    Debug session time: Thu May 27 14:02:37.731 2010 (UTC + 1:00)
    System Uptime: 0 days 0:21:17.700
    Loading Kernel Symbols
    ...............................................................
    ................................................................
    .............
    Loading User Symbols
    Loading unloaded module list
    ......
    1: kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
    *******************************************************************************
    * *
    * Bugcheck Analysis *
    * *
    *******************************************************************************

    MEMORY_MANAGEMENT (1a)
    # Any other values for parameter 1 must be individually examined.
    Arguments:
    Arg1: 00008884, The subtype of the bugcheck.
    Arg2: 84b6d800
    Arg3: 84be1318
    Arg4: 00000105

    Debugging Details:
    ------------------


    BUGCHECK_STR: 0x1a_8884

    CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

    DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

    PROCESS_NAME: svchost.exe

    CURRENT_IRQL: 2

    LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 828bb60d to 828da574

    STACK_TEXT:
    923aea70 828bb60d 0000001a 00008884 84b6d800 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1e
    923aeaa4 828320ac 00000002 85591000 923aebb4 nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+0x8b
    923aeadc 829ece79 00000100 85591ac0 d7e02ec0 nt!MmSetPfnListPriorities+0x167
    923aeb28 829ec298 82a01101 d7e02e00 0000004f nt!PfpPfnPrioRequest+0x61
    923aebe8 829eda86 00a9f33c 00000014 82a01101 nt!PfSetSuperfetchInformation+0x176
    923aed20 8283e79a 0000004f 00000000 00000014 nt!NtSetSystemInformation+0xb00
    923aed20 77d264f4 0000004f 00000000 00000014 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0x12a
    WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
    00a9d22c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x77d264f4


    STACK_COMMAND: kb

    FOLLOWUP_IP:
    nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+8b
    828bb60d cc int 3

    SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1

    SYMBOL_NAME: nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+8b

    FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

    MODULE_NAME: nt

    DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4b88cac3

    IMAGE_NAME: memory_corruption

    FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x1a_8884_nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+8b

    BUCKET_ID: 0x1a_8884_nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+8b

    Followup: MachineOwner
    ---------

    eax=82937934 ebx=00000102 ecx=0000000b edx=00000000 esi=80dc0120 edi=00000000
    eip=828da574 esp=923aea58 ebp=923aea70 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
    cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000206
    nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1e:
    828da574 cc int 3
    ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
    923aea70 828bb60d 0000001a 00008884 84b6d800 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1e
    923aeaa4 828320ac 00000002 85591000 923aebb4 nt!MiRelinkStandbyPage+0x8b
    923aeadc 829ece79 00000100 85591ac0 d7e02ec0 nt!MmSetPfnListPriorities+0x167
    923aeb28 829ec298 82a01101 d7e02e00 0000004f nt!PfpPfnPrioRequest+0x61
    923aebe8 829eda86 00a9f33c 00000014 82a01101 nt!PfSetSuperfetchInformation+0x176
    923aed20 8283e79a 0000004f 00000000 00000014 nt!NtSetSystemInformation+0xb00
    923aed20 77d264f4 0000004f 00000000 00000014 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0x12a (FPO: [0,3] TrapFrame @ 923aed34)
    WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
    00a9d22c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x77d264f4
    start end module name
    80ba0000 80ba8000 kdcom kdcom.dll Tue Jul 14 02:08:58 2009 (4A5BDAAA)
    82809000 82c09000 nt ntkrnlmp.exe Sat Feb 27 07:33:23 2010 (4B88CAC3)
    82c09000 82c40000 hal halmacpi.dll Tue Jul 14 00:11:03 2009 (4A5BBF07)
    8b40c000 8b484000 mcupdate mcupdate.dll Tue Jul 14 02:06:41 2009 (4A5BDA21)
    8b484000 8b495000 PSHED PSHED.dll Tue Jul 14 02:09:36 2009 (4A5BDAD0)
    8b495000 8b49d000 BOOTVID BOOTVID.dll Tue Jul 14 02:04:34 2009 (4A5BD9A2)
    8b49d000 8b4df000 CLFS CLFS.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:10 2009 (4A5BBF0E)
    8b4df000 8b58a000 CI CI.dll Tue Jul 14 02:09:28 2009 (4A5BDAC8)
    8b58a000 8b5fb000 Wdf01000 Wdf01000.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:36 2009 (4A5BBF28)
    8b5fb000 8b609000 WDFLDR WDFLDR.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:25 2009 (4A5BBF1D)
    8b609000 8b651000 ACPI ACPI.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:11 2009 (4A5BBF0F)
    8b651000 8b65a000 WMILIB WMILIB.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:22 2009 (4A5BBF1A)
    8b65a000 8b662000 msisadrv msisadrv.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:09 2009 (4A5BBF0D)
    8b662000 8b68c000 pci pci.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:16 2009 (4A5BBF14)
    8b68c000 8b697000 vdrvroot vdrvroot.sys Tue Jul 14 00:46:19 2009 (4A5BC74B)
    8b697000 8b6a8000 partmgr partmgr.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:35 2009 (4A5BBF27)
    8b6a8000 8b6b8000 volmgr volmgr.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:25 2009 (4A5BBF1D)
    8b6b8000 8b703000 volmgrx volmgrx.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:41 2009 (4A5BBF2D)
    8b703000 8b70a000 intelide intelide.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:19 2009 (4A5BBF17)
    8b70a000 8b718000 PCIIDEX PCIIDEX.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
    8b718000 8b72e000 mountmgr mountmgr.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:27 2009 (4A5BBF1F)
    8b72e000 8b737000 atapi atapi.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
    8b737000 8b75a000 ataport ataport.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:18 2009 (4A5BBF16)
    8b75a000 8b763000 amdxata amdxata.sys Tue May 19 18:57:35 2009 (4A12F30F)
    8b763000 8b797000 fltmgr fltmgr.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:13 2009 (4A5BBF11)
    8b797000 8b7a8000 fileinfo fileinfo.sys Tue Jul 14 00:21:51 2009 (4A5BC18F)
    8b7a8000 8b7e9000 rdbss rdbss.sys Tue Jul 14 00:14:26 2009 (4A5BBFD2)
    8b7e9000 8b7f5000 discache discache.sys Tue Jul 14 00:24:04 2009 (4A5BC214)
    8b800000 8b80a000 mssmbios mssmbios.sys Tue Jul 14 00:19:25 2009 (4A5BC0FD)
    8b80a000 8b939000 Ntfs Ntfs.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:05 2009 (4A5BBF45)
    8b939000 8b964000 msrpc msrpc.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:59 2009 (4A5BBF3F)
    8b964000 8b977000 ksecdd ksecdd.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:56 2009 (4A5BBF3C)
    8b977000 8b9d4000 cng cng.sys Tue Jul 14 00:32:55 2009 (4A5BC427)
    8b9d4000 8b9e2000 pcw pcw.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:10 2009 (4A5BBF0E)
    8b9e2000 8b9eb000 Fs_Rec Fs_Rec.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:14 2009 (4A5BBF12)
    8b9eb000 8baa2000 ndis ndis.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:24 2009 (4A5BBF58)
    8baa2000 8bae0000 NETIO NETIO.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:12:35 2009 (4A5BBF63)
    8bae0000 8bb05000 ksecpkg ksecpkg.sys Fri Dec 11 04:04:22 2009 (4B21C4C6)
    8bb05000 8bb37000 netbt netbt.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:18 2009 (4A5BBF52)
    8bb37000 8bb91000 afd afd.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:34 2009 (4A5BBF62)
    8bb91000 8bbb0000 pacer pacer.sys Tue Jul 14 00:53:58 2009 (4A5BC916)
    8bbb0000 8bbca000 serial serial.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:33 2009 (4A5BC71D)
    8bbca000 8bbdd000 wanarp wanarp.sys Tue Jul 14 00:55:02 2009 (4A5BC956)
    8bbdd000 8bbed000 termdd termdd.sys Tue Jul 14 01:01:35 2009 (4A5BCADF)
    8bbed000 8bbf7000 nsiproxy nsiproxy.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:08 2009 (4A5BBF48)
    8bc00000 8bc07000 wfplwf wfplwf.sys Tue Jul 14 00:53:51 2009 (4A5BC90F)
    8bc07000 8bc13000 nm3 nm3.sys Tue Apr 14 20:00:53 2009 (49E4DD65)
    8bc13000 8bc21000 netbios netbios.sys Tue Jul 14 00:53:54 2009 (4A5BC912)
    8bc25000 8bd6e000 tcpip tcpip.sys Tue Jul 14 00:13:18 2009 (4A5BBF8E)
    8bd6e000 8bd9f000 fwpkclnt fwpkclnt.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:03 2009 (4A5BBF43)
    8bd9f000 8bdde000 volsnap volsnap.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:34 2009 (4A5BBF26)
    8bdde000 8bde6000 spldr spldr.sys Mon May 11 17:13:47 2009 (4A084EBB)
    8bde6000 8be00260 snapman snapman.sys Fri Oct 06 14:44:30 2006 (45265DBE)
    8be01000 8be2e000 rdyboost rdyboost.sys Tue Jul 14 00:22:02 2009 (4A5BC19A)
    8be2e000 8be3e000 mup mup.sys Tue Jul 14 00:14:14 2009 (4A5BBFC6)
    8be3e000 8be46000 hwpolicy hwpolicy.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:01 2009 (4A5BBF05)
    8be46000 8be78000 fvevol fvevol.sys Sat Sep 26 03:24:21 2009 (4ABD7B55)
    8be78000 8be89000 disk disk.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:28 2009 (4A5BBF20)
    8be89000 8beae000 CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:20 2009 (4A5BBF18)
    8beae000 8beb9480 avgrkx86 avgrkx86.sys Thu Feb 11 03:51:27 2010 (4B737EBF)
    8beba000 8beca000 agp440 agp440.sys Tue Jul 14 00:25:36 2009 (4A5BC270)
    8befc000 8bf1b000 cdrom cdrom.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:24 2009 (4A5BBF1C)
    8bf1b000 8bf22000 Null Null.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:12 2009 (4A5BBF10)
    8bf22000 8bf29000 Beep Beep.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:45:00 2009 (4A5BC6FC)
    8bf29000 8bf35000 vga vga.sys Tue Jul 14 00:25:50 2009 (4A5BC27E)
    8bf35000 8bf56000 VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:25:49 2009 (4A5BC27D)
    8bf56000 8bf63000 watchdog watchdog.sys Tue Jul 14 00:24:10 2009 (4A5BC21A)
    8bf63000 8bf6b000 RDPCDD RDPCDD.sys Tue Jul 14 01:01:40 2009 (4A5BCAE4)
    8bf6b000 8bf73000 rdpencdd rdpencdd.sys Tue Jul 14 01:01:39 2009 (4A5BCAE3)
    8bf73000 8bf7b000 rdprefmp rdprefmp.sys Tue Jul 14 01:01:41 2009 (4A5BCAE5)
    8bf7b000 8bf86000 Msfs Msfs.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:26 2009 (4A5BBF1E)
    8bf86000 8bf94000 Npfs Npfs.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:11:31 2009 (4A5BBF23)
    8bf94000 8bf9e000 avgfwd6x avgfwd6x.sys Tue Oct 06 23:04:29 2009 (4ACBBEED)
    8bf9e000 8bfb5000 tdx tdx.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:10 2009 (4A5BBF4A)
    8bfb5000 8bfc0000 TDI TDI.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:12:12 2009 (4A5BBF4C)
    8bfc0000 8bff9a80 avgtdix avgtdix.sys Tue Apr 13 22:11:02 2010 (4BC4DDE6)
    9242b000 92443000 dfsc dfsc.sys Tue Jul 14 00:14:16 2009 (4A5BBFC8)
    92443000 92451000 blbdrive blbdrive.sys Tue Jul 14 00:23:04 2009 (4A5BC1D8)
    92451000 92456940 avgmfx86 avgmfx86.sys Wed Feb 17 22:38:39 2010 (4B7C6FEF)
    92457000 9248a280 avgldx86 avgldx86.sys Thu Feb 11 03:51:19 2010 (4B737EB7)
    9248b000 924ac000 tunnel tunnel.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:03 2009 (4A5BC91B)
    924ac000 924be000 intelppm intelppm.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:03 2009 (4A5BBF07)
    924be000 924c9000 usbuhci usbuhci.sys Tue Jul 14 00:51:10 2009 (4A5BC86E)
    924c9000 92514000 USBPORT USBPORT.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:51:13 2009 (4A5BC871)
    92514000 92523000 usbehci usbehci.sys Tue Jul 14 00:51:14 2009 (4A5BC872)
    92523000 92568000 Rt86win7 Rt86win7.sys Thu Mar 04 13:42:33 2010 (4B8FB8C9)
    92568000 92573000 fdc fdc.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:45 2009 (4A5BC729)
    92573000 9257d000 serenum serenum.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:27 2009 (4A5BC717)
    9257d000 92595000 parport parport.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:34 2009 (4A5BC71E)
    92595000 925ad000 i8042prt i8042prt.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:23 2009 (4A5BBF1B)
    925ad000 925ba000 mouclass mouclass.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
    925ba000 925c7000 kbdclass kbdclass.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
    925c7000 925f6000 portcls portcls.sys Tue Jul 14 00:51:00 2009 (4A5BC864)
    925f6000 9260f000 drmk drmk.sys Tue Jul 14 01:36:05 2009 (4A5BD2F5)
    9260f000 92643000 ks ks.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:13 2009 (4A5BC709)
    92643000 92650000 CompositeBus CompositeBus.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:26 2009 (4A5BC716)
    92650000 92662000 AgileVpn AgileVpn.sys Tue Jul 14 00:55:00 2009 (4A5BC954)
    92662000 9267a000 rasl2tp rasl2tp.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:33 2009 (4A5BC939)
    9267a000 92685000 ndistapi ndistapi.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:24 2009 (4A5BC930)
    92685000 926a7000 ndiswan ndiswan.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:34 2009 (4A5BC93A)
    926a7000 926bf000 raspppoe raspppoe.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:53 2009 (4A5BC94D)
    926bf000 926d6000 raspptp raspptp.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:47 2009 (4A5BC947)
    926d6000 926ed000 rassstp rassstp.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:57 2009 (4A5BC951)
    926ed000 926fb000 umbus umbus.sys Tue Jul 14 00:51:38 2009 (4A5BC88A)
    926fb000 9273f000 usbhub usbhub.sys Tue Jul 14 00:52:06 2009 (4A5BC8A6)
    9273f000 92749000 flpydisk flpydisk.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:45 2009 (4A5BC729)
    92749000 9275a000 NDProxy NDProxy.SYS Tue Jul 14 00:54:27 2009 (4A5BC933)
    9275a000 92764000 Dxapi Dxapi.sys Tue Jul 14 00:25:25 2009 (4A5BC265)
    92764000 92771000 crashdmp crashdmp.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:50 2009 (4A5BC72E)
    92771000 9277c000 dump_ataport dump_ataport.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:16 2009 (4A5BBF14)
    9277c000 92785000 dump_atapi dump_atapi.sys Tue Jul 14 00:11:15 2009 (4A5BBF13)
    92785000 92796000 dump_dumpfve dump_dumpfve.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:47 2009 (4A5BBF6F)
    92796000 927a1000 monitor monitor.sys Tue Jul 14 00:25:58 2009 (4A5BC286)
    927a1000 927bc000 luafv luafv.sys Tue Jul 14 00:15:44 2009 (4A5BC020)
    927bc000 927d6000 WudfPf WudfPf.sys Tue Jul 14 00:50:13 2009 (4A5BC835)
    927d6000 927e6000 lltdio lltdio.sys Tue Jul 14 00:53:18 2009 (4A5BC8EE)
    927e6000 927f9000 rspndr rspndr.sys Tue Jul 14 00:53:20 2009 (4A5BC8F0)
    93400000 93405280 GEARAspiWDM GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon May 18 13:16:53 2009 (4A1151B5)
    93406000 93f0dfc0 nvlddmkm nvlddmkm.sys Sun Apr 04 01:37:04 2010 (4BB7DF30)
    93f0e000 93f0f040 nvBridge nvBridge.kmd Sun Apr 04 01:21:35 2010 (4BB7DB8F)
    93f10000 93fc7000 dxgkrnl dxgkrnl.sys Fri Oct 02 01:48:33 2009 (4AC54DE1)
    93fc7000 94000000 dxgmms1 dxgmms1.sys Tue Jul 14 00:25:25 2009 (4A5BC265)
    94400000 947f9200 RTKVAC RTKVAC.SYS Thu Jun 18 20:36:37 2009 (4A3A9745)
    947fa000 947fb380 swenum swenum.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:08 2009 (4A5BC704)
    958a0000 95aea000 win32k win32k.sys Tue Jul 14 00:26:26 2009 (4A5BC2A2)
    95b00000 95b09000 TSDDD TSDDD.dll Tue Jul 14 01:01:40 2009 (4A5BCAE4)
    95b30000 95b4e000 cdd cdd.dll Tue Jul 14 02:04:18 2009 (4A5BD992)
    97400000 97485000 HTTP HTTP.sys Tue Jul 14 00:12:53 2009 (4A5BBF75)
    97485000 9749e000 bowser bowser.sys Tue Jul 14 00:14:21 2009 (4A5BBFCD)
    9749e000 974b0000 mpsdrv mpsdrv.sys Tue Jul 14 00:52:52 2009 (4A5BC8D4)
    974b0000 974d3000 mrxsmb mrxsmb.sys Sat Feb 27 07:32:02 2010 (4B88CA72)
    974d3000 9750e000 mrxsmb10 mrxsmb10.sys Sat Feb 27 07:32:21 2010 (4B88CA85)
    9750e000 97529000 mrxsmb20 mrxsmb20.sys Sat Feb 27 07:32:11 2010 (4B88CA7B)
    97529000 97530000 parvdm parvdm.sys Tue Jul 14 00:45:29 2009 (4A5BC719)
    97530000 975c7000 peauth peauth.sys Tue Jul 14 01:35:44 2009 (4A5BD2E0)
    975c7000 975d1000 secdrv secdrv.SYS Wed Sep 13 14:18:32 2006 (45080528)
    975d1000 975f2000 srvnet srvnet.sys Tue Dec 08 08:05:06 2009 (4B1E08B2)
    975f2000 975ff000 tcpipreg tcpipreg.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:14 2009 (4A5BC926)
    975ff000 9764e000 srv2 srv2.sys Tue Jul 14 00:14:52 2009 (4A5BBFEC)
    9764e000 9769f000 srv srv.sys Tue Dec 08 08:05:37 2009 (4B1E08D1)
    97709000 97712000 asyncmac asyncmac.sys Tue Jul 14 00:54:46 2009 (4A5BC946)

    Unloaded modules:
    97712000 9771c000 kerneld.wnt
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000A000
    9769f000 97709000 spsys.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0006A000
    8beca000 8bed7000 crashdmp.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000D000
    8bed7000 8bee2000 dump_ataport
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000B000
    8bee2000 8beeb000 dump_atapi.s
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 00009000
    8beeb000 8befc000 dump_dumpfve
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 00011000
    Closing open log file c:debuglog.txt
     
  2. 2010/05/27
    PeteC

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    Unfortunately these logs require expert knowledge to analyze and there are currently no members that have the depth of knowledge necessary. Members can only make observations and suggestions as to how you might proceed toward finding the cause ....

    However .....
    I suggest you check out your memory .....

    The only satisfactory way of testing RAM is to test the installed RAM in various configurations. If you have a single module swap it around the slots. If you have a pair of modules run each one singly, swapping between slots; then run them in pairs swapping between pairs of slots. If you have 2 sets of matched modules do not get them mixed up.

     

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  4. 2010/05/27
    geoffcox

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    OK - will test the memory. Thanks Pete.

    Cheers

    Geoff
     
  5. 2010/05/27
    CozmicSeer

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    Microsoft provides a memory test tool that makes a bootable floppy(or CD) and puts the memory diagnostic on it. It will only test up to 4GB but you can always swap memory around to test other modules. It helped me find defective a memory module which I sent back to the manufacturer(Patriot) and they replaced it with one that worked beautifully.
    It does testing similar to the manufacturers use in that it tries several different patterns that would check for stuck bits and bits affecting nearby bits. It will continue to run the tests so you have to watch it to see how many passes it has made. Give it a couple of passes minimum and if it's heat related, you may have to let it run for awhile.
    It will give the address range(s) where it found problems. Then you'll have to determine which module it is. The general rule for the addresses is this(again assuming 4GB)
    0x00000000-0x3fffffff 1st GB
    0x40000000-0x7fffffff 2nd GB
    0x80000000-0xbfffffff 3rd GB
    0xc0000000-0xffffffff 4th GB

    If you were using 2 GB memory modules, then an address in the 1st 2 ranges indicate that it is the lower one(usually they are labeled in position and it would be the lower) while an address in the 2nd 2 ranges would be the upper one. If I knew what the motherboard type was, I could tell from the documentation which is which.

    Here is the link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.09.utilityspotlight.aspx

    This should help you see if it's a memory problem. Any errors occurring and you have faulty memory. If no errors show, then the memory is not the problem.
     
  6. 2010/05/27
    PeteC

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    See my quote above from MS - memory checking programs are not infallible - no errors does not necessarily mean that the RAM is OK.
     
  7. 2010/05/31
    clearmem Lifetime Subscription

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    geoffcox,

    Check out this program, I have been wanting to try it out and your dump file may just be the test.

    BlueScreenView v1.26 - View BSOD (blue screen) crash information stored in dump files.
    http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

    It is freeware. :)
     
  8. 2010/05/31
    PeteC

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    clearmem

    BlueScreenView works well and is currently recommended on the BBS, but OP has already debugged the dump file, which is what that program does 'under cover'. I cannot see it throwing up any further relevant information.
     

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