I assembled this whole computer roughly two weeks ago. It was about a week before I could do any real gaming on it since I was still waiting for a wireless PCI adapter that arrived last Monday. By Tuesday night is when the problems started. Windows would freeze. So I restart it, then I started getting a BSOD every single time.
The error messages with the BSOD were:
BAD_POOL_HEADER
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
Then it started getting a LOT more severe. It would freeze on the first POST screen, or 90% of the time before I could get to the BIOS.
I ran Memtest 86+ v4.00. In Dimm slot A1 (the first slot on the left side) both sticks showed errors (well over a million errors about 45% into the test). Eventually got the computer to start Windows. Stayed rock solid for 6 hours of L4D2, Borderlands, and TF2. Shut if off for the night. problems started again. After an hour got it to boot Windows, played same games for hours, no problems. I tested the memory using Memtest 86+ a few more times, multiple passes with each stick separately, no errors at all.
This went on for a few more days (while I investigated the problem) and got a little more severe each day.
Fast forward to earlier tonight. Computer started up, a few icons in the taskbar looked invisible, everything ran slowly, some items didn't load. I restarted and it would not POST at all. It would just continually reboot over and over and over. The red MemOK! light is lit (pressing the MemOK! button the past night or two let it boot after a few tries). Pressing the button this time did nothing, it flashed and flashed, nothing. Eventually the computer to POST a few time moving the two stick around in various combinations. Now I can only get it to work with only 1 stick in. For some reason it seems to have a better chance to boot with the 1 stick in the second slot of each channel.
Right now its been running fine on one 4GB stick for a couple hours. Interesting thing to note is in Memtest 86+, it sometimes sees the RAM as DDR 400 (only when it is one stick in certain slots), instead of DDR3 1333. Windows sees it as 1333.
I'm at a loss now. I have an RMA refund for the RAM, and ordered identical replacements (because they were on sale on Newegg when I originally bought them and they would give it to me for the same price). But I am afraid that might not fix the problem.
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
RAM: G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
Video Card: MSI GTX 470
XFX 650W XXX Edition (Gray Fan)
Could it have something to do with my settings?
The error messages with the BSOD were:
BAD_POOL_HEADER
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
Then it started getting a LOT more severe. It would freeze on the first POST screen, or 90% of the time before I could get to the BIOS.
I ran Memtest 86+ v4.00. In Dimm slot A1 (the first slot on the left side) both sticks showed errors (well over a million errors about 45% into the test). Eventually got the computer to start Windows. Stayed rock solid for 6 hours of L4D2, Borderlands, and TF2. Shut if off for the night. problems started again. After an hour got it to boot Windows, played same games for hours, no problems. I tested the memory using Memtest 86+ a few more times, multiple passes with each stick separately, no errors at all.
This went on for a few more days (while I investigated the problem) and got a little more severe each day.
Fast forward to earlier tonight. Computer started up, a few icons in the taskbar looked invisible, everything ran slowly, some items didn't load. I restarted and it would not POST at all. It would just continually reboot over and over and over. The red MemOK! light is lit (pressing the MemOK! button the past night or two let it boot after a few tries). Pressing the button this time did nothing, it flashed and flashed, nothing. Eventually the computer to POST a few time moving the two stick around in various combinations. Now I can only get it to work with only 1 stick in. For some reason it seems to have a better chance to boot with the 1 stick in the second slot of each channel.
Right now its been running fine on one 4GB stick for a couple hours. Interesting thing to note is in Memtest 86+, it sometimes sees the RAM as DDR 400 (only when it is one stick in certain slots), instead of DDR3 1333. Windows sees it as 1333.
I'm at a loss now. I have an RMA refund for the RAM, and ordered identical replacements (because they were on sale on Newegg when I originally bought them and they would give it to me for the same price). But I am afraid that might not fix the problem.
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
RAM: G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
Video Card: MSI GTX 470
XFX 650W XXX Edition (Gray Fan)
Could it have something to do with my settings?
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