re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 12:23 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ray
(2 messages posted)
Mediocrateez is 100% correct. I replaced the RAM on my system yesterday, and the
issue went away immediately. Thanks to everyone who posted about it, and especially
to those who followed up.
By the way... I used prime95 to find the error. It's a free download that can be
used to test your RAM, and when it's bad, it usually says so in 5 minutes flat. Just
download it and run "Torture Test", and within a few minutes, it will sa FATAL ERROR
if the RAM is faulty. It took only 80 seconds to find mine faulty.
Thanks again guys!
On Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 10:19 am, Mediocrateez wrote:
>Guys,
>
> I can squash all your fears, although you're NOT going to want to hear it. This
>IS a RAM issue, guaranteed. Looking on any of the Microsoft KB articles for any
>of the stop error codes mentioned, it related to specific RAM address errors.
>
> 99% of the time, Windows is not utilizing all of the RAM in your systemfor 'daily'
>activities. When certain programs are started (usually ones that require more than
>256MB of RAM) these stop codes happen, and your computer will re-boot. This also
>will give you a 0x0blah blah stop code.
>
> The BEST way to find out which RAM chip is culprit is to run a 3rd party memory
>test, or a high end benchmarking program that will STRESS test your RAM. Testing
>with one RAM chip is preferable (and much faster)
>
> Another thing to note- Many of the NVidia chipsets use Dual Channel for their
>RAM (check on the mfgr's webiste or your owners manual). This can make it VERY
tricky
>to guage RAM problems, as they share responsibilities in RAM usage, *IF* you have
>2 sticks of RAM in your system.
>
>
>
> oh, btw... if you followed the recomendation to turn off auto reboot of your
>system, be sure to write down the 0x stop code. then visit: http://support.microsoft.com/
>to check on the stop codes.
>
>
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