- Sep 4, 2010
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Firstly my specs, then the problem:
AMD Phenom ii x3 720 BE
Asus M4A78LT-M LE
Kingston HyperX Blu 1600Mhz 8gb
ATI HD 6850 XFX BE
1 TB Western Digital HD/b]
Right, problem:
BSODs, random freezes, occasional CMOS settings resets AFTER changing RAM.
Under RAM diagnotics, I get errors- before AND after changing the RAM. RAM used to be G. Skill RIPJAWS.
Using sfc /scannow produces some corrupted files, clean Win 7 install is an option, but I want to know if I should replace my Motherboard or CPU first.
IMO it must be the RAM slots because the RAM is literally about 5 days old, and produces errors in memory diag. tools. Chkdsk found errors but corrected them. Safe Mode is usually stable, and wierdly the first day I used the RAM it performed flawlessly.
Pretty much all the BSODs are ntroskrl.exe errors (NT Kernel) - System exceptions, IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA, etc
Yes, i have swapped RAM modules, taken them out, removed Graphics card, taken out CPU and put back again, replugged connections, and I (at least) have come to the conclusion that it is most likely a RAM slot error/Motherboard or CPU failures. another note: overclocking/modifing CPU values in any way produces BSODs much more frequently. Booting a live-cd version of WinXP is completely stable.
So.. RAM-slot, OS corruption, or CPU?
Please help
thanks...
AMD Phenom ii x3 720 BE
Asus M4A78LT-M LE
Kingston HyperX Blu 1600Mhz 8gb
ATI HD 6850 XFX BE
1 TB Western Digital HD/b]
Right, problem:
BSODs, random freezes, occasional CMOS settings resets AFTER changing RAM.
Under RAM diagnotics, I get errors- before AND after changing the RAM. RAM used to be G. Skill RIPJAWS.
Using sfc /scannow produces some corrupted files, clean Win 7 install is an option, but I want to know if I should replace my Motherboard or CPU first.
IMO it must be the RAM slots because the RAM is literally about 5 days old, and produces errors in memory diag. tools. Chkdsk found errors but corrected them. Safe Mode is usually stable, and wierdly the first day I used the RAM it performed flawlessly.
Pretty much all the BSODs are ntroskrl.exe errors (NT Kernel) - System exceptions, IRQL_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA, etc
Yes, i have swapped RAM modules, taken them out, removed Graphics card, taken out CPU and put back again, replugged connections, and I (at least) have come to the conclusion that it is most likely a RAM slot error/Motherboard or CPU failures. another note: overclocking/modifing CPU values in any way produces BSODs much more frequently. Booting a live-cd version of WinXP is completely stable.
So.. RAM-slot, OS corruption, or CPU?
Please help
thanks...
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