Yet another BSOD

Aninda · Apr 20, 2011

Hi,

So i had some serious issues with my PC a while back. I ended up formatting everything, reinstalling Windows 7 all over again.
Now while I was trying to install Windows, it kept giving me a checksum error and I could just never install it.

I removed one of my RAM's, and everything ran smoothly then on. All my previous winrar issues etc, seemed to be because of this RAM. Everything was good now.

But AGAIN, another BSOD. This is making my head spin. Could someone look at it and see what's going on?

I'm attaching the zipped minidump file.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Mark56 · Apr 20, 2011

This crash dump relates to memory corruption, it could be that you have another RAM stick that has failed.

If you have more than one RAM stick remaining try running the PC on one at a time and then if no faults occur try moving a known good stick into the other RAM slots as the fault could be in the slot or on the motherboard. You need to run the PC for a while and run something that uses lots of memory like games or videos.

If you only have one stick remaing follow this guide.

Power off the PC and remove the mains connection, always touch the metal of the case with your hands to avoid any static electricity from causing component damage. (On laptops ALWAYS remove the battery before removing or replacing memory modules). Remove all your memory modules. Clean the contacts with a soft rubber (up and down not from end to end) then insert just one module and reboot to test for any change in performance. Repeat this for every module one at a time and run for at least 24 hours. Obviously if you only have one module this cannot be done, but you should still remove and clean the module and reseat it and test.

If you only have one stick download this to test it. http://www.memtest.org/

You need to scroll down the page until you see the three blue screenshots. Just below is the list of downloads for Memtest86+ V4.10. Click on Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)and save to your desktop, When the download is complete right click the file and select Extract Here and burn the image to a CD. In windows 7 right click the extracted file, select Open With, then select Windows Disc Image Burning Tool then follow the prompts. For all other versions of windows (if you do not have an ISO burner) download this free software. http://www.isoimageburner.com/

Boot the PC into the Bios setup and set the CD/DVD drive to 1st in the boot sequence. Insert the disk in the drive then reboot and the disc will load into dos. Leave the test to run through at least 5 cycles.

The memtest will not be 100% accurate but should easily detect any major faults.

Aninda · Apr 21, 2011

Thanks Mark. I had two memory sticks, 2GB each. So now I just have one left. I'm trying to run some games using this one. It seems fine till now. I did change it to a different slot though.
I'll run that memory test later tonight also.
And maybe put it back in the original slot and try all this again. Lets see what happens.
Thanks again, much appreciated.

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Yet another BSOD

Aninda Newcomer, in training

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042011-22417-01.zip

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Aninda Newcomer, in training