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Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by anttg408, Jan 28, 2012.

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  1. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    So I did the memtest and its defiinetly my memory / hardrive I got 686 errors. What do I do now ? And the proccess of doing whatever I need to do?

    Thank you guys for helping me really narrow down this Problem.
    anttg408, Jan 28, 2012
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Errors with the memory or hard drive or both? If it is memory, you will have to replace the bad stick if you have more than one memory stick installed. If it is the hard drive, a disk check while attempting to repair, might fix it
    Tmagic650, Jan 28, 2012
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  3. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    I think its my memory and how much would a new memory stick cost. but if it is my hardrive I have already disk chkd.
    anttg408, Jan 28, 2012
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  4. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    So it is your memory that gave you 686 errors when you ran Memtest86 right? How many memory sticks are installed on the motherboard? One or two or...?
    Tmagic650, Jan 28, 2012
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  5. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    yeah when i ran memtest 86 i got the 686 errors. And im not sure if i have 2 or one and how would i check that?
    anttg408, Jan 28, 2012
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  6. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,901   +76

    The cost of new RAM depends on the capacity and speed of each stick and whether it is DDR, DDR2 or DDR3. What kind do you have?
    mailpup, Jan 28, 2012
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  7. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    You have to take the side off the computer and look for 2 or more long skinny connectors along side the CPU fan. Memory looks like this:
    http://timetobleed.com/memprof-a-ruby-level-memory-profiler/
    Tmagic650, Jan 28, 2012
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  8. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    Okay so i opened it and i actually have 4 ram sticks but when i opened them i cleaned them and put them in different spots. so what should i do with the ram sticks??
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  9. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    and i have a DDR3 XMS3 CORSAIR
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  10. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    So after cleaning and moving the ram sticks, are you still getting errors?
    Tmagic650, Jan 29, 2012
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  11. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    yeah i still got errors but i took out 2 ram sticks and its been about 14 hours and i haven't got a BSOD.
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  12. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Good, so one of those RAM sticks you took out is bad. It is very rare that more than one stick goes bad in a computer
    Tmagic650, Jan 29, 2012
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  13. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    Great well thanks for eveything ill let you guys know if anything. But i took out 2 sticks could any devices not work? I don't know if it was because the last BSOD that crashed my comp maybe crashed my driver but my microphone doesn't work.

    I uninstalled then reinstalled my real tek driver. Any ideas ? :]
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  14. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    What are your complete computer specs? See my specs in the upper right-side of this post for ideas of what we need
    Tmagic650, Jan 29, 2012
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  15. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    Im not sure on a couple of them but i have Realtek High Definition Audio Driver and OS Windows 7 Ultimate. Biostar TA880G+ MOBO. Finally, ATI Raedon 4500 HD series.
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  16. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Are there any yellow exclamation points in the device manager?
    Tmagic650, Jan 29, 2012
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  17. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    Nope. everything is recongnized, its all here. the bar near my microphone doesn't move at all and i cant record or anything like that.
    anttg408, Jan 29, 2012
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  18. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Try another Mic
    Tmagic650, Jan 29, 2012
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  19. anttg408 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    i don't have another :/
    anttg408, Jan 30, 2012
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  20. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,724   +62

    Is it one attached to a head-set?
    Tmagic650, Jan 30, 2012
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