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Stride 6 Windows Mem. Diagnostic Failure

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Wenbobular, 2006/11/19.

  1. 2006/11/19
    Wenbobular

    Wenbobular Inactive Thread Starter

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    So I searched this and I got a year old close topic along the same lines as this...but I didn't really understand it...So...
    Basically, my computer crashes and reboots when I run two programs. One is an emulator for a Nintendo 64 called Project 64k, which isn't too bad. The other one is Microsoft word, which gets really annoying when I'm writing papers for school...
    The following stuffs are my computer specs and stuff from the diagnostic that I didn't really understand but thought was helpful...
    So apparently I have 2 sticks of RAM, total RAM being 1022
    Memory Modules (i'm guessing RAM sticks?) in slot A0 and A2, bank 0/1 and band 4/5 respectively
    Majority of failures were in Stride6 test, 22 of them. All the addresses ended in 8, all of them were with the cache on, all of the expecteds were ffffffff, and all the actuals were fbffffff...
    I had one failure on the Erand one, where the expected was 777092d3, and the actual was 737092d3.
    All the failures were in the 2nd place, and all the addresses ended in 8.
    23 errors total, though if i ran it longer there probably would have been a lot more...
    Don't know what the BIOS is, but it's a Phoenix - AwardBIO v6.00PG
    ...yeah...I think that's about it...help would be much appreciated >.>
    *Edit* I found something new that makes the computer crash...apparently BitDefender screws up also...my virus scanner thing.
     
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  2. 2006/11/21
    mattman

    mattman Inactive Alumni

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    You seem to have narrowed down the problem to RAM. Run the diagnostics in my signature. Those results are a little strange to me (slot, bank and band), not that I know a lot about reading such diagnostics. I usually try different arrangements of the modules in the slots. If there is a physical fault with the RAM, it should be in one or other of the modules. Try running one module at a time (using the diagnostics or running your "known" crashing programs).

    The RAM may not be completely compatable with the motherboard, although I have run diagnostics on my RAM and found errors, the system was completely stable so I just ignored them, that's why I use RAM diagnostics as a "maybe this is the cause" test.

    Your system sounds like it is quite new. New motherboards are using Dual Channel memory systems and need to have the modules set in specific slots. You may need to investigate how the modules are located in the slots on the motherboard. Example, you cannot run two modules of any "old" 1012Mb RAM modules and expect them to run as dual channel. The ultimate is for them to be a matching pair.

    Matt
     

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