Memory Problem??

SRB442 · Sep 22, 2013

HI, I have a old quad 6600 machine that has stared to not turn on or BSOD. I thought maybe the hard drive was going so I got a vertex 3 SSD and windows 7 home os. Got everything installed and still getting BSOD at times. I ran the memory test within windows and got a error of.

The instruction at 0xfbdbbb7e referenced memory at oxoooooo8a the memory couldn't be written to. Could this be a ram problem??

Asus P5Q pro
8 gig memory
2.4 quad 6600
sappire 3870 video

Thanks Steve

Woomack · Sep 23, 2013

Check memory with memtest86+. You can run it from CD or flashdrive.
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

It's much better than windows tools.

SRB442 · Sep 23, 2013

Thanks, I am running the mem test now and will see what comes up. Steve

Woomack said:
Check memory with memtest86+. You can run it from CD or flashdrive.
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

It's much better than windows tools.

SRB442 · Sep 25, 2013

I ran the test for almost 24 hrs and there are errors but what would be significant?? Thanks

SRB442 · Oct 5, 2013

Hi,
I think I found the problem. Got errors with one of the sticks of memory. tried several times and the same stick checks with errors where the others do not. could this be a cause of random BSOD?? Thanks Steve

Tech Tweaker · Oct 12, 2013

SRB442 said:
Hi,
I think I found the problem. Got errors with one of the sticks of memory. tried several times and the same stick checks with errors where the others do not. could this be a cause of random BSOD?? Thanks Steve

I would say it most likely is.

SRB442 · Oct 13, 2013

Thank You, Has not blue screened since the stick was removed. Steve

Tech Tweaker said:
I would say it most likely is.

Pepi93 · Oct 13, 2013

gotta love ram modules when they go faulty. what sticks are you running? most manufacturers will give you free ones even if they are 10 years old.

you'll just have to send back the set unfortunately, not just one stick but it works out well.

Woomack · Oct 14, 2013

Lifetime warranty usually means 1-2 years after end of production what in IT usually is as good as 3 year warranty. It also depends what brand is it. Some manufacturers will replace memory even after that 10 years but not many.
Anyway good that you found out what was causing issues.

SRB442 · Oct 14, 2013

Thanks for the the information. These are OCZ platinum pc2 8500. Probably not worth sending them in as they probably don't have them in stock anymore. Steve

Pepi93 said:
gotta love ram modules when they go faulty. what sticks are you running? most manufacturers will give you free ones even if they are 10 years old.

you'll just have to send back the set unfortunately, not just one stick but it works out well.

Pepi93 · Oct 14, 2013

they will send you something different but same specs...for example..

I sent in team xtreme ram 1gb x2 800mhz ddr2 4,4,4,10

they obviously didn't have those so they sent me 2gb x2 800mhz ddr2 5,5,5,15...

they do what they can if you're nice.

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