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Old 07-11-2007, 03:20 AM
dick
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BSOD solved after 6 months - ram fault

I was getting BSOD up to three times a day for the last 6 months.
Tried micosofts memory check program, drwatson, dump files, looked for
faulty drivers every day, etc.

Finally gave up and bought a cheap pc that worked fine....until I decided to
increase its ram by using the ram from the old machine....then got regular
BSOD again. Chucked out the ram and everything was fine again.

This ram could be tested for hours without fault using the microsoft memory
check program....but since confining it to the rubbish bin my new pc is ok.

The old failing pc is humming along nicely now it has been fitted with a new
ram chip.

Hope this experience helps someone else.


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Old 07-11-2007, 11:00 AM
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Re: BSOD solved after 6 months - ram fault


"dick" <dick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:073E54FE-9CAD-4DF1-9EAA-BB956BD53AB8@microsoft.com...
>I was getting BSOD up to three times a day for the last 6 months.
> Tried micosofts memory check program, drwatson, dump files, looked for
> faulty drivers every day, etc.
>
> Finally gave up and bought a cheap pc that worked fine....until I decided
> to
> increase its ram by using the ram from the old machine....then got regular
> BSOD again. Chucked out the ram and everything was fine again.
>
> This ram could be tested for hours without fault using the microsoft
> memory
> check program....but since confining it to the rubbish bin my new pc is
> ok.
>
> The old failing pc is humming along nicely now it has been fitted with a
> new
> ram chip.
>
> Hope this experience helps someone else.
>
>

Try Memtest86+. http://www.memtest.org/ . It works on Windows 95 computers
as well.

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