Memtest issue

KingBrian · 10 Jan 2013 at 14:43

Due to having some problems with my pc for the past few days (pc crashing leaving me on a coloured screen with lines down it), I decided to test my ram with memtest, 3-4 hours into the test i got this (2 different errors)

any ideas?

eddyr · 10 Jan 2013 at 22:25

Stuff that comes to mind:

The ram may be riddled and whatever small amount is procured by memtest is casuing corruption.
Try returning to stock or downclocking the cpu/ram/upping volts, see if that alleviates the prob.
It could be a corrupt memtest, (or usb/cd) try redownloading a fresh copy.
Maybe dodgy ram slot/s or failing board or cpu.

(I dont envy your troubleshooting

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KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 00:36

Cheers for your reply, i'll burn another copy and give it a test. Odd stuff.. :confused:

wazza300 · 11 Jan 2013 at 01:06

list your pc specs,coloured screens with lines down it are usually graphic card memory related,is it whilst gaming?

can be pc memory but gpu memory first

KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 01:29

i7-2700K 3.50GHz
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P-B3
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz
MSI HD 6970 OC 2048MB Twin Frozr II 2048M
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
OCZ ZX Series 850W 80+ GOLD

wazza300 · 11 Jan 2013 at 01:33

and does it happen in gaming? 16gb you might need more dram voltage and cpu vtt

i dont know what amount your using atm?

KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 12:37

I'm just using the stock settings/auto in bios for the ram

Yes the coloured screen happens in gaming

I made a thread in gpu forums lastnight, I'm pretty sure its gpu causing the crashes, still would like to understand why memtest is showing all this though...

wazza300 · 11 Jan 2013 at 13:05

Try enabling xmp for your pc memory

KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 14:06

wazza300 said:
Try enabling xmp for your pc memory

Cheers for your help mate, i'll give it a try, fingers crossed!

ltnmzh · 11 Jan 2013 at 14:19

try cleaning the gold fingers. could be just simple contact problem due to weather/vibration etc. gf was visiting?

KingBrian · 11 Jan 2013 at 22:01

I downloaded Memtest 86+ and ran it for 8 hours and so far so good... i removed the ram and gave them a clean etc, so problem solved i think.