Can I run Memtest with two RAM Sticks?

[Karambir24]

Simple question really. I have been having BSOD's over two months, and I was advised to change my PSU (see previous thread). However they are still continuing, so I was thinking about rerunning Memtest overnight to see if it the cause is RAM related related. I was wondering if I could run Memtest with two sticks in instead of one at a time? One of the sticks is very hard to get to, and if there is indeed an error that shows up I can return both sticks.

 

[Paul NZ]

Better if you do one at a time so you know which one is faulty

Upload the dmp files somewhere like onedrive then post the link

 

[Karambir24]

Better if you do one at a time so you know which one is faulty

Upload the dmp files somewhere like onedrive then post the link

But I'll be returning both if one ends up being faulty anyway. And yeah I'll upload them now

 

[InvalidError]

If you do not care to find out exactly which DIMM is the problem, you can run memtest86 with all the DIMMs installed - the vendor will likely want all DIMMs from a kit back as a single unit for the exchange/refund anyway.

You only need to test them separately if you want/need to identify the problematic DIMM.

 

[Karambir24]

Here are the dump files: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=C0CAC37BFE765BA6!111&authkey=!AMkQY9pYuhtMK-4&ithint=folder%2c

 

[jediTT]

I would advise you to run memtest for multiple passes overnight or something. Sometimes the bugs can be hard to find but just bad enough to cause you problems. I was getting BSOD and even gpu not initializing on boot, turned out to be bad memory module which only showed up after the 6th memtest pass one night. Haven't had a single issue since changing it out.

 

[Karambir24]

I would advise you to run memtest for multiple passes overnight or something. Sometimes the bugs can be hard to find but just bad enough to cause you problems. I was getting BSOD and even gpu not initializing on boot, turned out to be bad memory module which only showed up after the 6th memtest pass one night. Haven't had a single issue since changing it out.

Yeah I said I'll be running it overnight haha, I did last time and it showed no errors but I want to double check

 

[Paul NZ]

I would uninstall AI suite if it's installed. Do you overclock?

Wouldnt be surprised if Norton is crashing something

I would also uninstall Afterburner if it's installed

 

[Karambir24]

I would uninstall AI suite if it's installed. Do you overclock?

Wouldnt be surprised if Norton is crashing something

I would also uninstall Afterburner if it's installed

I installed msi afterburner today. I haven't done any overclocking but my GPU came pre OC out of the box. However I plugged out my GPU and I still got BSODs so I don't think it's that. I've got Norton installed on my laptop and it doesn't cause any crashes on it. Have you taken a look at the dump files I uploaded btw?

 

[Paul NZ]

Thats how I knew Norton was installed the dmp files.

Just because it runs OK on another PC doesnt mean it wont crash on this. It's a known cause of crashes

 

[Karambir24]

If I get rid of it I won't have an antivirus :/ anyway these BSODs used to come up only after my computer had been off for a couple of hours, which I suspected was due to my psu and others suggested it to me too. Changed the psu around and I thought that would fix it and it still hasn't. Feel really bummed out about it

 

[Paul NZ]

Use the windows one. If you dont go to dodgy sites , use torrents, there's nothing to worry about

It doesnt matter what you install, You can install Avast, AVG, Norton, Symantec, Bitdefender, Avira, or whatever

I've never seen one that doesnt crash windows

 

[Karambir24]

I forgot to add on, I reinstalled windows multiple times and the last time I reinstalled it I didn't install any drivers and didn't download Norton or any programmer either and I still got varying BSODs. Could it be hardware related?

 

[Paul NZ]

Well I would still uninstall Norton and see if continues to crash. Then use their removal tool to remove the rest of it

And I would uninstall Afterburner. Programs like this can crash windows

 

[Karambir24]

I'll upload the rest of the dump files so you it gives you a bit of further insight

 

[Karambir24]

Here they are: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=C0CAC37BFE765BA6!120&authkey=!AJ5LZ9V8PLFQ6R4&ithint=folder%2c

 

[Paul NZ]

I would still uninstall what I said above. It looks like ntfs.sys is crashing in these. So it maybe hdd related as well.

It maybe the SATA drivers

I would also download then run tddskiller. See if this has rootkits. ntfs.sys can get infected and crash with this 0x7e stop error because of a rootkit

 

[Karambir24]

I do recall getting a system_thread_exception_not_handled (ntfs.sys) BSOD message actually. As far as hard drive goes I've tried unplugging that too and I still got different ones. Sorry I do know I sound a bit rude and blunt