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Dave_2

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I download memtest86 to scan my RAM and CPU for problems since I have been getting many BSOD's, the cause seems to be from attempting to run games, also chrome displays the "something went wrong we cant display this page" error a lot, but more so on specific webpages.

So, I checked my CPU and it detected a whopping 589269 errors... Eh, should I consider getting a new CPU?
Also, here is a list of the many errors I got whenever my pc BSOD'd

  • Page Fault in nonpaged area
    Kmode exception not handled
    Date Inpage Error
    Quota_Under Flow
    Memory Management [MOST COMMON ERROR]
    Bad pool header
I can't begin to imagine what the problem could be when I look at the BSOD's.
 
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This could be a problem with driver curruption, broken files DLL's etc or at worst one or both of your RAM sticks could be bad. I do not think your CPU is at fault. Can you rollback to an earlier save point? I can only think of re-installing windows but I am sure others should be able to help as I am unsure as I have not suffered the level of errors you are getting.
 
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I have already reset windows, the problems I have mentioned persist. Except the BSOD's, I think they are exclusively caused by attempting to run or download games and I have since uninstalled anything remotely game related. Unfortunately there are no save points I can load back to, as that feature had been turned off up until I realized it was turned off, which was after these problems have started.

 
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I read somewher that at worst the issues you mention could be related to your memory failing. They also mentioned that you should take your memory out and place it in another slot. If you have 2 memory sticks, take one out and test again to see if they both work seperatly and or fix the problem...Sorry I cannot help as this is an area I do not really understand.
 
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Okay, thanks I'll try this out and see what happens.

 
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Hey, so I tried switching my RAM in an out, and I am unsure if it has actually changed much, but one things for sure is that Chrome still crashes, however I have found that doing certain things makes it crash consistently, on this website, switching the chapters will consistently cause chrome to crash. Another example is when I go into my browser history, changing the clear browser history settings will also cause chrome to crash.. There are more examples but these are the most reliable ways to trigger the crashing. Whether this has anything to do with my RAM.. I have no idea, but I felt it was worth bringing up considering the chrome crashing happened at about the same time I have been getting the BSOD's.

I also ran a windows memory diagnostic, and no problems were discovered. So I am not sure what to make of it.
 
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post up your system parts. with all the errors you have start with running if you have an intel cpu it the intel cpu test make sure the ram memory controller in the cpu is fine. in the bios make sure all the rails are withing atx spec. if they are run hardware info set it to logging and sensor make sure they stay withing atx spec. pull the gpu and see if with onboard video the pc more stable (power test) if there still bsod check to see if the bios is old. if it is flash it to the newest rev. check the mb qal list for your ram see if it in the list. if not see if a friend has another brand of ram.
 
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Here are my system specifications:

GPU: RoG GTX 1070 Three fans
Power Supply: U12-42467 (Model #)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 3.30 GHz
Motherboard: GA-Z97-HD3


 
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Just ran the test. Passed it, so woo hoo I guess. If there was a problem with my RAM, would it show up on the test?
 
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Have you tried chkdsk?
 
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What do you mean by 'reset windows'?

vMax said:
This could be a problem with driver curruption, broken files DLL's etc or at worst one or both of your RAM sticks could be bad. I do not think your CPU is at fault. Can you rollback to an earlier save point? I can only think of re-installing windows but I am sure others should be able to help as I am unsure as I have not suffered the level of errors you are getting.

I have already reset windows, the problems I have mentioned persist. Except the BSOD's, I think they are exclusively caused by attempting to run or download games and I have since uninstalled anything remotely game related. Unfortunately there are no save points I can load back to, as that feature had been turned off up until I realized it was turned off, which was after these problems have started.
 
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memtest returned errors, and every BSOD he listed is caused by bad RAM.

Fix the RAM first, and make sure the installed RAM is running at the correct settings. Then check with memtest to make sure everything is working.

If memtest is still returning errors after adding new RAM running at correct settings, then it's possible the motherboard itself has faulted.
 
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generally, you would update the bios or reset it to defaults if it is current. This will give you the best default BIOS timings for your memory. Then you would run memtest86 on its own boot image to confirm your memory timings are correct.

when you do go back into windows, everything installed while you were having memory problems is suspect for corruption. generally, you can fix corruptions in the core windows files if you start cmd.exe as an admin then run
sfc.exe /scannow
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
this will only fix core windows files, it will not fix 3rd party apps like chrome.
I would just uninstall the app and reinstall it.

note: often with a BIOS update you should also update the motherboard drivers at the same time.
USB and SATA drivers can be tied to the bios version.
 
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I factory reset my Windows 10, I chose to keep my personal files though because I don't have big enough USB to hold all of my stuff.
 
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I did another memtest, this time with one of my RAM sticks installed, as I had hopefully expected, the test brought back zero errors. The only thing of note is that I received a message that said my RAM may be vulnerable to high frequency row hammer bit flips... Not sure what that means at all. But either way, I think I may have finally found the source of the problem... Definitely time to get new ram.
 
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hammer bit flips is when one bit leaks its charge into the bit next to it. it is a side effect of the newer RAM modules that have the cells so close together.
for example you write a bit pattern 10101010 then 01010101 over and over at a high rate you might get a result of
10101101 a single bit error. Generally you would just slow down your RAM speed to fix the problem or tweak the RAM voltage or adjust the RAM timings in BIOS. sometimes just moving the suspect RAM module to the RAM slot closest to the CPU can fix the problem (it can change the timing by a few nanoseconds)

often bios updates have tweaks to the RAM timings that are not listed in the list of fixes so make sure your bios is current. older low density RAM is less likely to have this type of problem.



 
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Hey guys, I also happened to have downloaded CPU Z, and I noticed my DRAM frequency is only running at 666.5, for a total of 1333Mhz. Is this normal when only one out of the two sticks is installed? I am pretty sure Corsair Vengeance RAM modules have been known to come out of the box with frequency's lower then advertised, but considering everything that has transpired so far, would it be safe to bring the frequency back up to 1600?
 
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