Help? Out Of Hope!

[Neoni]

well my pc is really beginning to annoy me.

i started getting BSODs on the desktop, randomly that is, and i thought hmmm memory problems i have

4 x 512mb Sticks Of Crucial Ballistix. pc400

so i ran memtest i got errors, so i thought right send it back, so i tested them in pairs to identify which pair were faulty, and no errors were found whatsoever so i thought hmmm odd.

now i boot up my pc, and nothing it struggles sometimes to find the harddrives, it gives me random beep codes, it gives me a check sum error every so often, its a real task getting it into the OS.

anyone got any ideas?

-Neon.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Neoni]

system is:

p4 3.2 "Prescott"
Dfi Infinity 865PE
2048mb ram Crucial Ballistix DDR400

ive tried running with 1 stick 2 sticks, 3 sticks different combos you name it still the same, sometimes it boots up and i can use it fine.

 

[Neoni]

no blown capicitors as i can see, also it just booted up fine, then yep it bsods

IRQL_EQUAL_OR_LESS.

that was the random error message this time.

 

[Neoni]

i have a sound card?

and a network card.

 

[Neoni]

removed them both and booted up, still get bsod's

 

[Neoni]

Have you not got access to spare parts at all? If I were in your situation I would be trying different RAM/PSU/HDDs etc. It might be worth trying your RAM in someone elses system too. If everything is fine on their system with your RAM you can probably rule bad memory out.

Unless something is glaringly obvious on your hardware to suggest its faulty you will have to try all your hardware in something else.

SiriusB

think im gonna chicken out and jus upgrade lol.

but yes im on another machine atm, and i have problems when booting in bios etc etc

 

[Neoni]

Help? still stuck no clue on what to do next

 

[Neoni]

yeh good idea, im guessin its mobo too