Vista 64 Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool - False Negative  
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14 16:31:07 PST 2008 Top

Windows Vista >> Vista 64 Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool - False Negative Vista 64, Asus P5E v502 bios, Core 2 Quad, 4 gb crucial RAM, No over
clocking, standard ram speed,

I have been getting intermitent blue screen of death. Afterward my machine
warm boots, and often I receive Bad Bios CheckSum error. I power all the way
down and then power on and boot no problem.

I tried running the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool. It came up with a
problem, but didn't identify which stick. I pulled one and reran, everything
was OK. That was a bit of a cooincidence. I tried putting one of the other
chips in the slot the one I removed came from, still OK. I put all sticks
back and the diagnostic ran clean. I thougth I dodged a bullet. Sometime
reseating will fix these things.

I came home after work and sure enough Bad Bios Check Sum. I powered off
rebooted and ran the mem test and it diagnosed a problem.

Is this bad RAM, bad MB, or bad bios?

TIA

Windows Vista5  
 
 
Colin





PostPosted: Thu Feb 14 16:31:07 PST 2008 Top

Windows Vista >> Vista 64 Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool - False Negative If you are running pc6400 ram with 4x1GB dimms, try dropping the dram speed
to 667 and see if you continue to have the issue.

"Howard Swope" <howard_swopeAThms3DOTcom> wrote in message
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> Vista 64, Asus P5E v502 bios, Core 2 Quad, 4 gb crucial RAM, No over
> clocking, standard ram speed,
>
> I have been getting intermitent blue screen of death. Afterward my machine
> warm boots, and often I receive Bad Bios CheckSum error. I power all the
> way down and then power on and boot no problem.
>
> I tried running the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool. It came up with a
> problem, but didn't identify which stick. I pulled one and reran,
> everything was OK. That was a bit of a cooincidence. I tried putting one
> of the other chips in the slot the one I removed came from, still OK. I
> put all sticks back and the diagnostic ran clean. I thougth I dodged a
> bullet. Sometime reseating will fix these things.
>
> I came home after work and sure enough Bad Bios Check Sum. I powered off
> rebooted and ran the mem test and it diagnosed a problem.
>
> Is this bad RAM, bad MB, or bad bios?
>
> TIA

 
 
Howard





PostPosted: Thu Feb 14 19:52:47 PST 2008 Top

Windows Vista >> Vista 64 Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool - False Negative Correct - 4 x 1 GB DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix (PC2 66400)

Thanks. I will give it a try.

"Colin Barnhorst" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> If you are running pc6400 ram with 4x1GB dimms, try dropping the dram
> speed to 667 and see if you continue to have the issue.
>
> "Howard Swope" <howard_swopeAThms3DOTcom> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> Vista 64, Asus P5E v502 bios, Core 2 Quad, 4 gb crucial RAM, No over
>> clocking, standard ram speed,
>>
>> I have been getting intermitent blue screen of death. Afterward my
>> machine warm boots, and often I receive Bad Bios CheckSum error. I power
>> all the way down and then power on and boot no problem.
>>
>> I tried running the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool. It came up with a
>> problem, but didn't identify which stick. I pulled one and reran,
>> everything was OK. That was a bit of a cooincidence. I tried putting one
>> of the other chips in the slot the one I removed came from, still OK. I
>> put all sticks back and the diagnostic ran clean. I thougth I dodged a
>> bullet. Sometime reseating will fix these things.
>>
>> I came home after work and sure enough Bad Bios Check Sum. I powered off
>> rebooted and ran the mem test and it diagnosed a problem.
>>
>> Is this bad RAM, bad MB, or bad bios?
>>
>> TIA
>