I've been getting Blue Screens quite a bit here recently, and I figured out that it was the fault of my new RAM. I ran MemTest, and confirmed it. And I BELIEVE I found the bad stick, but I'm not sure. What I did was this:
Mem Specs: 4 2GB sticks, both pairs ran in Dual channel
#1 and 2 are paired
#3 and 4 are paired
I ran memtest with all 4 in, and got errors on Test 6 (if that matters)
I then removed stick #4 and still got the errors, so I decided #4 was good
I removed stick #3, and got less errors, so I thought maybe that one was bad
I removed stick #2, and got the same number of errors as the previous test, which led me to believe sticks 1 and 3 were bad
So I put stick #2 in slot 1, and it tested good
I then put stick #4 in slot 2, and they tested good
I then put stick #3 (the first one I thought was bad) in slot 3 and tested it all night, they tested good
I put stick #1 into slot 4, and then I got errors again
My conclusion is that stick #1 is obviously bad, but I don't know about #3. When I took it out the first time, I got less errors...so I'm confused.
Does anyone know what's up? I have my original Memtest results if that would help
Mem Specs: 4 2GB sticks, both pairs ran in Dual channel
#1 and 2 are paired
#3 and 4 are paired
I ran memtest with all 4 in, and got errors on Test 6 (if that matters)
I then removed stick #4 and still got the errors, so I decided #4 was good
I removed stick #3, and got less errors, so I thought maybe that one was bad
I removed stick #2, and got the same number of errors as the previous test, which led me to believe sticks 1 and 3 were bad
So I put stick #2 in slot 1, and it tested good
I then put stick #4 in slot 2, and they tested good
I then put stick #3 (the first one I thought was bad) in slot 3 and tested it all night, they tested good
I put stick #1 into slot 4, and then I got errors again
My conclusion is that stick #1 is obviously bad, but I don't know about #3. When I took it out the first time, I got less errors...so I'm confused.
Does anyone know what's up? I have my original Memtest results if that would help