crappydonkey
New Member
I will start with what my issue is first. I have a new system that is running Vista Ultimate x64. I was having issues when I first built the machine with getting very random BSOD with IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS (0x0000000A). I had gone through and made sure that I installed all the lastest drivers from Gigabyte's website. So I went with possibly having bad RAM. (I am running 2x2048mb) Following this train of thought I ran a memstest, which came back with some errors. So I returned the memory and exchanged it for the same type.
I put the new RAM in, both sticks, and i get the same BSOD. I did a little research and found some information about Vista x64 having issues running with more than 3gb of RAM. So I start from scratch. Formatted my hard drives, put only one stick of RAM in (so 1x2048) and installed Vista again. Keep in mind that I am installing a copy of Vista Ultimate x64 with SP1, which should not have issues with more than 3gb of RAM.
So I get Vista installed, get all my drivers and even my programs installed and the system is running great. I use the computer for a day with no issues. So I decided to try putting in the other stick of RAM. I get the same BSOD. So now i'm thinking maybe BIOS update. So I go to gigabyte's site download and install the latest BIOS update. Doesn't help.
My next thought was to try a different brand of memory, just for kicks. Did that and that didn't help. So i'm sitting here with a sweet computer that doesn't want to run with more than 1 stick of RAM.
Current System Specs:
Gigabyte EP45-UD3p Intel P45 Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 3Ghz 6MB 1333FSB CPU
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX 896MB
Corsair Dominator Dual Channel 4096MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz
Corsair TX750W Power Supply
If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Any information I left out I will gladly provide. Thanks.
I put the new RAM in, both sticks, and i get the same BSOD. I did a little research and found some information about Vista x64 having issues running with more than 3gb of RAM. So I start from scratch. Formatted my hard drives, put only one stick of RAM in (so 1x2048) and installed Vista again. Keep in mind that I am installing a copy of Vista Ultimate x64 with SP1, which should not have issues with more than 3gb of RAM.
So I get Vista installed, get all my drivers and even my programs installed and the system is running great. I use the computer for a day with no issues. So I decided to try putting in the other stick of RAM. I get the same BSOD. So now i'm thinking maybe BIOS update. So I go to gigabyte's site download and install the latest BIOS update. Doesn't help.
My next thought was to try a different brand of memory, just for kicks. Did that and that didn't help. So i'm sitting here with a sweet computer that doesn't want to run with more than 1 stick of RAM.
Current System Specs:
Gigabyte EP45-UD3p Intel P45 Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 3Ghz 6MB 1333FSB CPU
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX 896MB
Corsair Dominator Dual Channel 4096MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz
Corsair TX750W Power Supply
If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Any information I left out I will gladly provide. Thanks.