BSOD, have run a memory diag

[rsmarsha]

I have been getting the odd BSOD on my pc. It started a while ago and always seemed to happen in firefox. Last night it happened when playing a game.

The game froze once and then carried on, then a bit late it froze and I had BSOD.

I have recently changed my gcard but the BSOD's happened with the old card too.

I have run a win 7 memory diag and it reported "Hardware errors". Does that mean it's the RAM or can the diag test report other errors too?

Should I run the rest again with a stick out to see if I can pinpoint the stick that is at fault?

Or could it be something else?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

When you changed the card did you clean off the old drivers using Driver sweeper?

It wouldn't hurt to try one stick of RAM at a time in different banks. Alternatively, try memtest86+

It might also be worth testing your PSU... Just to eliminate that, given the fact you had the problem on both cards.

How to check your PSU is working

 

[rsmarsha]

Thanks for the reply.

I'll try memtest86 tonight.

The CPU is an 800w version and I have a 5870, an x-fi card, an ssd and 2 hard drives connected as well as the obvious bits.

I do have an Overclock on the cpu which is an i7-920 but it's only at 3g at the moment. The ram is set to as near to 1600 as I can get with a voltage of 1.65 which is the rated voltage.