memory checking follow up thread

Re: memtest86 results

lmao
dont worry i will make sure i can take out one ram stick and test it then replace with other stick.
im on half term now anyway so ive got time to do the testing
Jeff i know you will miss me=D
lodore

 

Re: memtest86 results

well I would do it now, while you have the help online my friend.

 

Re: memtest86 results

I also recently ran memtest86 and it found 1532 errors! I hadn't been having any problems, like BSODs, freezes, etc (apart from the bloody F-Secure spyware scan - don't go there!), but I splashed out on some new memory anyway, and have upgraded my two 256Kb sticks for two 512kb sticks from Crucial (the 1Gb was out of stock). The system does seem to run a little faster, but the difference isn't awe inspiring, and it didn't fix the FSIS problem. I haven't done another memtest86 scan as yet, but your post has made me wonder just how reliable the memtest results actually are. If there shouldn't be even one error, then I find it astonishing that my PC was running at all, let alone without any problems, with the amount of errors memtest reported.

 

Re: memtest86 results

But you both had FSIS. Or chkdsk, err...............

 

Re: memtest86 results

Well memtest is reliable, but just because it shows errors doesn't always mean bad ram. There's various reasons for ram errors. Also ram can have errors in memtest and system can be stable....as long as programs don't access memory address where the errors reside.

 

Hi lodore,

Heat can cause memory test errors if your case has less than adequate ventilation. I put together a desktop last year that failed all my memory tests (Memtest86+, GoldMemory, and Windows Memory Diagnostic) until I removed the case's side panel. A mesh-type side panel solved the problem for me. Memory tests will stress your system's overall stability.

Nick

 

hi Nick,
what about having the case side off and then running memtest again?
lodore

 

That would be my first troubleshooting step.

Nick

 

thanks Ronjor i will check those out
lodore

 

Hello lodore !

I see you're off & running happy as a lark in the off topic area's

Must have all that testing done ?

And the verdict is.............?

 

http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=283999&posted=1#post283999
read for yourself
lodore

 

Nice, hope things work out.

Off you go, have fun

 

its either sending the ram off the america or contacting the company that took over watford electronics
lodore

 

ram update

hello,
today i got my replacement ram and my pc is working great except....,
IE7 crashed with errors.
do you think that when IE7 used the bad ram from the old sticks it got partly corropt meaning that it still crashes with the new good ram?
lodore

 

Re: ram update

updated read above

 

Re: ram update

I would guess that if you use IE7 then you used IE6 before.Was IE6 having problems with the old ram or did you just upgrade to IE7 because you could?Also what mobo,old ram and new ram do you have?

 

Re: ram update

i updated to IE7 a few weeks after it came out i didnt have any problems with IE6.
my new ram is the same type as my old ram which is corsair value select two 512mb dimms 184pins
so in total 1gb
corsair gave me them as part of the life time warrenty replacement ram
asus K8N-E duluxe socket 754 motherboard
lodore

 

Re: ram update

Why do you feel your old ram was bad and needed replacing?

 

Re: ram update

simple really
i got quite alot of bsod's
also application hangs and getting stuck on saving your settings when logging out.
also programs randomly crashed e.g. opera,firefox kis6.0 etc etc
so i posted a question at the corsair forums and told the ram guy that this was happerning and he told me to change the ram timmings in bios but i told him that i have never changed the settings in bios.
i also told him that after the crash i checked the event log and it told me the faulting memory address so he got me to fill out a rma form and the ram came today.
yesterday IE7 crashed once so i checked the event log
then tryed opening IE7 again crashed again went back to event log and it used the same faultly memory address as the first time.
also somewhere i read that someone once had a corropt windows paging file so deleted it and on once rebooted it created a new non corropt one but dont know how likely that is.
since i put the new ram in it seems that the computer is more stable but still has some odd issues.
lodore

 

Re: ram update

Odd issues?

 

like IE7 randomly crashed yesterday.
i logged on and off a few times and then logged on and the pc was really slow responding to commands even thou the cpu usage was 0 it took like 10seconds to get a minimized window to show off properly.
then when i logged off the login screen showed but with no username so i clicked around and in the end a little username box came up with my username so i clicked on ok and it logged me in.
but those problems only started when i turned on windowblinds so atm its unloaded and the computer works fine.
lodore

 

May I jump in with my question for memory modules?
I have 2 modules, old one is PC2700 (166 MHZ), and the new one is Corsair PC3200 (200 MHz). Processor is AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and the motherboard is ASRock K7VT4A Pro. These are informations from CPUZ utility.
I see there that FSBRAM is 1:1, this means that memory is runnung on 133 MHz. But as I can see that the old one can work on 166 MHz is it better to put it on FSB+33. One more question, if I overclok my processor should I back it on 1:1 or it can stay on FSB+33.
I hope You understood me and thank's for help anyway.

 

K7 processors don´t benefit from high memory bandwidth (FSB limitation). Instead, they prefer low latencies. So, you´ll gain little from having the memory bus clocked higher than the FSB.
If you overclock, keep the FSB/RAM ratio 1:1 if you can.

 

So no matter if old memory can work on 166 MHz I should keep FSB/RAM ratio 1:1
This is how it is configured now and memory is running on 133 MHz.
lucas1985, thank's for that information.