joeybadoey

Hey guys, thanks for the replies.

I got this PC from NCIX.com (It's one of there pre-configured models). This is the message I sent to their support. (btw, I have 2x2GB Corsair Modules and they came in slot 1 and slot 3, so in dual-channel mode).

Here's exactly what I've done so far:

1. I increased the voltage to 2.1v, but this did not make any difference and my system still crashed. I tried adjusting the voltage a bit lower then that, and it still didn't make a difference.

2. I tried one 2GB stick of memory and my system didn't boot. I then ran Memtest on that one stick, but there were no errors.

3. I tried the second 2GB stick of memory and my system didn't boot again. I then ran Memtest on that one stick, and there were no errors.

4. I then installed both sticks of memory again, but I swapped the sticks positions from the way that they came. Here's the interesting
thing. The first time I ran Memtest this way, I got no errors and Vista actually booted up...BUT it froze (no blue screen, just froze) only minutes after getting to the desktop.

I then decided to run Memtest one last time, and interestingly enough it detected some errors.

Here are the errors it detected with Memtest-86 v3.4 (it always fails in test 2):
Test 2 - 4 Errors
Error Confidence Value: (*This was blank)
Lowest Error Address: 00000000003 - 0.0MB
Highest Error Address: 000838d5103 - 2104.3MB
Bits In Error Mask: ffffffff
Bits In Error - Total: 32 Min: 6 Max: Avg: 21
Max Contiguous Errors: 1
Ecc Correctable Errors: (*This was blank)
Errors per Memory Slot: 0:2
1:0

For awhile I was thinking there might be problems with the first slot on the motherboard, but even just putting one stick in the second slot, my computer logged in, but soon crashed with a blue screen that quickly showed.

Now I still think it could be the motherboard, or the memory or maybe both.

Here's the really interesting thing: Everytime I pull out the memory and put it back it, my computer will actually boot into Vista and work for awhile, but then it stops!

I can then turn everything off, pull out the memory, put it back in, and Vista boots again......but will crash later.

What the heck does this mean to you guys? I definitely think it's a hardware issue.

Thanks,
Joey.