Multiple Blue Screens of Death.

[Luke Linahan]

I keep getting multiple BSOD's and have been for about two months now. It all points to my memory, or at least most of them do.The most common one I get is Page Fault In Nonpaged Area. I've run two memtests, several times, and it says there's nothing wrong with the new memstick I bought a while ago (too late to return now). The computer registers that I have the memory working. The BSOD's MOSTLY only happen once every..maybe couple days, most is a week. I've gotten three different other ones, but I can't remember that. My computer refuses to make a minidump of the report even tho I have the settings set to make a minidump file. If it's not my memory, it could be the slot where my memory is placed, I have three sticks and four slots, I'll try switching it to the other slot, but in the mean time if anyone knows of a MORE COMMON reason this is happening, that'd be great.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... current MB like to run memory in Dual channel MODE and running 3 sticks of memory will not work that way... Running 3 sticks of memory is not standard and Dual channel mode needs to turned off in the BIO's.

Memory needs to be similar in speed, size and brand for best results.

All my experience with BSOD is due to a Hardware communication, interrupting between the MB and Windows.
1) Make sure you have no un-happy hardware drivers in your "Device Manager"... No Yellow or Red icon indicators
2) Clean all card/stick edges with rubbing alcohol... And Re-insert cards.
3) Inspect and clean all DATA and Power connections... to your Hardware and MB.
4) Verify all devices CPU/GPU/MB temperatures are with in Normal operating temperatures.
5) Verify your Power Supply 12Vdc has enough current , To operate your Video Card and CPU, at the Performance setting you are using.

A quick fast test, would be to try one stick of Ram at a time.