Re: Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread denstar
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Vivec wrote: ... > btw is 3 supposed to be a bad or a good number? ;-) 3-- it's the magic number! -- I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously? Emile M. Cioran ~| Want to reach the Co

Re: Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread Vivec
Right..so...with Dimm 3 out the machine crashed again, with BSOD saying Memory Management. So I pulled Dimm 4.Rebooted. Let's see what happens now *sigh*. is it even possible that ALL the RAM could be bad? Does this mean that the motherboard has fried?? ~~~

Re: Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread Vivec
I yanked one of the memory Dimms after memtest showed numerous errors. It was Dimm 3. So now I just have RAM in Dimm 1, Dimm 2, and Dimm 4. There goes Dual Channel efficiency. 3GB is fine for me...as long as the machine works. I will need to leave it overnight, maybe doing another memtest to r

Re: Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread Ras Tafari
:( ive got a circuit city bought SONY VAIO desktop ($940) at the time. added a 256mb video card, and 2gb of ram, and its been running great for AT LEAST 5 years now... never a blip. i scoff and super machines and shit people talk about... its just a 'puter and its supps to work, not be expensive

Re: Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread Robert Munn
I agree about the limitations of enthusiast machines, esp these days. On 10/20/09, Vivec wrote: > > So... > > After being out for most of the day, I return home to find my super > Dell 710H2C computer stuck on a screen which says File error. > I reboot, and after 5 minutes I'm greeted with a BSO

Dell memory fails, BSOD results.

2009-10-20 Thread Vivec
So... After being out for most of the day, I return home to find my super Dell 710H2C computer stuck on a screen which says File error. I reboot, and after 5 minutes I'm greeted with a BSOD labelled Memory Management. i run Windows 7RC Memory Management tool and find it says that there is a Hard