More BSOD's

Hi all
Well...here we go w/ another BSOD prob. It's now causing some intermittent browser restarts too. (Sigh)
All the drivers are updated & BIOS too. Everything is Vista "certified"
Here's the errors.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 1e
BCP1: FFFFFFFFC000001D
BCP2: FFFFF80001C9FF89
BCP3: FFFFF80001E4F800
BCP4: FFFFF80001C9FF89
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1





Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 1e
BCP1: FFFFFFFFC0000005
BCP2: FFFFF80001C52D25
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000018
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1

Overclock2much,

Looking at your system spec's I'm going to say you might be pushing your overclocks and stressing your memory controllers since you have all four of your dimm slots filled with memory; not to mention that you have PC6400 sticks, which are probably running at 1000MHz. (if you're using the default memory divider of 800MHz)

Try backing off on your OC and see what happens or get some better RAM - PC8500?

Also, have you run memtest the see if the memory is stable? Might be a good idea.

sygnus21 said:

Overclock2much,

Looking at your system spec's I'm going to say you might be pushing your overclocks and stressing your memory controllers since you have all four of your dimm slots filled with memory; not to mention that you have PC6400 sticks, which are probably running at 1000MHz. (if you're using the default memory divider of 800MHz)

Try backing off on your OC and see what happens or get some better RAM - PC8500?

Also, have you run memtest the see if the memory is stable? Might be a good idea.

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Those are my workstation specs. Sorry bout that.
This is another one in question.
Here's the specs on the problem machine
E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz,

VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)

MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard Bios v.1.6

ASUS EN6200LE TC1G/TD/512M GeForce 6200LE 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16

OK, in that case, are you overclocking that that system? Also have you run memtest on that system. You could have a bad memory stick. Also did you do a recent OS reinstall? If not, have you considered it? I'm not one for OS reinstalls but...

sygnus21 said:

OK, in that case, are you overclocking that that system? Also have you run memtest on that system. You could have a bad memory stick. Also did you do a recent OS reinstall? If not, have you considered it? I'm not one for OS reinstalls but...

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No O/C on the Wolfy, LOL, it's the only comp out of 9 in the house that isn't O/C'd.
I just pulled DIMM 2 & 4 out. Its running on 4Gb now. I think it was a bad RAM stick. If not I'm going to start eyeing the M/B.
I let it be known in a little while if it is a RAM prob or not.

Thx sygnus

Why not run memtest to comfirm?

sygnus21 said:

Why not run memtest to comfirm?

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Mem Test OK
It did run better, longer w/o the other 4gb though.

Back to square one.
It worked OK for a while but now it's BSOD'ing on a regular basis. I installed a new Samsung 500Gb H/D and install Ultimate on it, it can't even finish a clean install w/o crashing.
Diagnostics says that CPU is good & mem is good,. So is a baseball bat. Crash reports indicate hrwr prob. M/B maybe ??????

Overclock2much said:

sygnus21 said:

Overclock2much,

Looking at your system spec's I'm going to say you might be pushing your overclocks and stressing your memory controllers since you have all four of your dimm slots filled with memory; not to mention that you have PC6400 sticks, which are probably running at 1000MHz. (if you're using the default memory divider of 800MHz)

Try backing off on your OC and see what happens or get some better RAM - PC8500?

Also, have you run memtest the see if the memory is stable? Might be a good idea.

Click to expand...

Those are my workstation specs. Sorry bout that.
This is another one in question.
Here's the specs on the problem machine
E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz,

VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)

MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard Bios v.1.6

ASUS EN6200LE TC1G/TD/512M GeForce 6200LE 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16

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Overclock2much said:

sygnus21 said:

Why not run memtest to comfirm?

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Mem Test OK
It did run better, longer w/o the other 4gb though.

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Confused! I thought you said this system only had 4gig of memory???

Overclock2much said:

Back to square one.
It worked OK for a while but now it's BSOD'ing on a regular basis. I installed a new Samsung 500Gb H/D and install Ultimate on it, it can't even finish a clean install w/o crashing.
Diagnostics says that CPU is good & mem is good,. So is a baseball bat. Crash reports indicate hrwr prob. M/B maybe ??????

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Definitely sounds like hardware. Could be MB, could be Memory, or CPU. When did you start getting BSOD's on this system? After RAM upgrade?

Here's another thought - Is your RAM voltage and timings correct per the modules specs? Some MB don't "automatically" set the correct memory voltage if it's more then 1.8 volts. Also are the timing correct?

Just a thought

It's an 8 Gb RAM. In the specs I failed to denote x 2 on the RAM amount.
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) x 2

I did go back & retest the RAM. When I initially did this I must have mixed up the bad stick.
This time I tested all RAM together and found over 680 errors, after that I methodically
tested the individual sticks and found the bad one.
I then removed the matched pair and restarted the computer and all is good. The bad pair is being RMA'd back to Newegg.

I guess you'll have this issue when your trying to run a company & a house full of kids. The thought process goes right out the window.

Thx for all of your input Sygnus21, next time I'll do this troubleshooting in a much more quite environment.

Glad I was able to help.

Good luck.