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- Mar 23, 2004
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- East Lansing, MI
I was having computer problems
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634111
Anyway, I finally ran Memtest and I think I've found the problem as memory? Overclocking the CPU doesn't have much of an effect, nor does shutting off other stuff so I'm eliminating the PSU as the source of my errors.
Whether I run Memtest, Memtest+ or Windows Memory Diagnostic found on the Ultimate Boot CD, I get a lot of errors, a good majority of them in the same address of memory.
-When running DDR2 400 RAM underclocked or at stock settings with factory timings, it has tonsss of errors even on the first two tests.
-Underclocked to 200MHz with CAS 6-6-6 and looser, it goes through the first two or three tests and then starts having errors, a lot of them at the same physical address, and matching the physical address as the errors found by Windows Memory Diag.
It's Crucial RAM, so do I just have a bad stick? I'm thinking I'll:
1)Disable L1/L2 cache in BIOS and run
2)Pull out one stick out then the other and see if it's isolated to one stick.
Does this seem like a good plan? During one of the crashes something got corrupted and I can't even get the internet on that computer, it's stuck on that "acquiring network address" so a Windows reinstall is in order. Grrr
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634111
Anyway, I finally ran Memtest and I think I've found the problem as memory? Overclocking the CPU doesn't have much of an effect, nor does shutting off other stuff so I'm eliminating the PSU as the source of my errors.
Whether I run Memtest, Memtest+ or Windows Memory Diagnostic found on the Ultimate Boot CD, I get a lot of errors, a good majority of them in the same address of memory.
-When running DDR2 400 RAM underclocked or at stock settings with factory timings, it has tonsss of errors even on the first two tests.
-Underclocked to 200MHz with CAS 6-6-6 and looser, it goes through the first two or three tests and then starts having errors, a lot of them at the same physical address, and matching the physical address as the errors found by Windows Memory Diag.
It's Crucial RAM, so do I just have a bad stick? I'm thinking I'll:
1)Disable L1/L2 cache in BIOS and run
2)Pull out one stick out then the other and see if it's isolated to one stick.
Does this seem like a good plan? During one of the crashes something got corrupted and I can't even get the internet on that computer, it's stuck on that "acquiring network address" so a Windows reinstall is in order. Grrr