BSOD w/ Memory

[rlocone]

Hello All,

I recently purchased new memory. Since then I've been getting BSOD. First one was a "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT". I updated the chipset drivers. I thought it was resolved. Then the next day it crashed with a different error. Now once per day I get a
"IRQL Not Less or Equal"

Stop Error 0x0A.

I told the system not to reboot automatically & do a mini dump. It's not doing it. How do you analyze the dump file and find out exactly what files or what it's doing when it's crashes? Microsoft has the procedure is pretty cryptic.

Thanks for your time & attention,

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello rlocone.

Since you just added 'new' RAM and you're having problems; your best option
would be to test each stick individualy to find if one (or more) are bad.
Burn a Memtest86 CD and boot into it and let each stick run a full pass.

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

Keep us informed.





Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

Hello rlocone.

Since you just added 'new' RAM and you're having problems; your best option
would be to test each stick individualy to find if one (or more) are bad.
Burn a Memtest86 CD and boot into it and let each stick run a full pass.

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

I knew I forgot something. As soon as I saw the error I run a scan with the above. It came out clean. But I could run another scan before I go to bed.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Burn a Memtest86 CD and boot into it and let each stick run a full pass.

Hello again.

This is how you did it?







Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

Burn a Memtest86 CD and boot into it and let each stick run a full pass.

Hello again.

This is how you did it?

Holy Toledo! I learn something new everyday. I just ran it on the whole thing. If I run it like you suggested it's gonna take some time.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yeah, running Memtest86 is like watching grass grow!
It all depends on how bad you want to fix the problem ...












Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

Yeah, running Memtest86 is like watching grass grow!
It all depends on how bad you want to fix the problem ...

Well, I'll just work on my laptop tomorrow while I swap out the sticks and test them all. I'll start testing it tonight after the game.

Thanks,

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yeah, running Memtest86 is like watching grass grow!
It all depends on how bad you want to fix the problem ...

Well, I'll just work on my laptop tomorrow while I swap out the sticks and test them all. I'll start testing it tonight after the game.

Thanks,

Be sure to keep us informed!


Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

Yeah, running Memtest86 is like watching grass grow!
It all depends on how bad you want to fix the problem ...

Be sure to keep us informed!

Well all of the sticks are done and passed.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Well all of the sticks are done and passed.

Hello rlocone.

It could be that they were not seated correctly before.
Now that you have moved them around; give it a day or so to see if the problem goes away.
How many sticks and did you remove and replace them all?

Keep us informed!



Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

Well all of the sticks are done and passed.

Hello rlocone.

It could be that they were not seated correctly before.
Now that you have moved them around; give it a day or so to see if the problem goes away.
How many sticks and did you remove and replace them all?

It was 4 in total. My thing was each stick took 25 mins to scan. I used the standard tests. That should've been enough, right?

 

[Fumz]

Well all of the sticks are done and passed.... My thing was each stick took 25 mins to scan. I used the standard tests. That should've been enough, right?

A single pass isn't enough to conclude the memory is ok. It takes a few hours and several passes for memtest to test out and tax all the address ranges. If you want to be as sure as possible, then you should run an 8 hour test overnight.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

You are useing Memtest86 available at the link below ???

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

In my experience one 'pass' with Memtest86 taks about two hours (for one stick)!









Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

You are useing Memtest86 available at the link below ???

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

In my experience one 'pass' with Memtest86 task about two hours (for one stick)!

I have something called Memtest86+ v1.70. It's with my tech cds that I have. I've always used it.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

You are useing Memtest86 available at the link below ???

Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

In my experience one 'pass' with Memtest86 task about two hours (for one stick)!

I have something called Memtest86+ v1.70. It's with my tech cds that I have. I've always used it.

It only takes about twenty five minutes to run a 'full pass' on one stick?
(something's not right)



Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

It only takes about twenty five minutes to run a 'full pass' on one stick?
(something's not right)

Just to make sure I'll burn a copy of the above version and run it again. It won't hurt anything.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

It only takes about twenty five minutes to run a 'full pass' on one stick?
(something's not right)

Just to make sure I'll burn a copy of the above version and run it again. It won't hurt anything.

Just boot into the CD and let it run a full pass on one stick at a time.





Later Ted

 

[rlocone]

It only takes about twenty five minutes to run a 'full pass' on one stick?
(something's not right)

Just to make sure I'll burn a copy of the above version and run it again. It won't hurt anything.

Just boot into the CD and let it run a full pass on one stick at a time.

I've always used the other version and never questioned it.