NEED HELP... Getting BSOD - Memory related? (Crap title edited)

demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:38

I put my comp back together after cleaning it and i think i put the ram back in the wrong slots as i keep getting BSOD.

I have 2 x 512mb and 1 x 1gb which slots do i put them in on a Abit NF7 V2.0?

Zefan · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:41

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demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:44

Look if i wanted to boot my system up 6 times run memtest or equivalent for 10 minutes each time i would have done that.

Just wanted to use someones knowledge to save me some time.

Zefan · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:45

I really don't think it matters.

nikebee · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:46

from what i gather about the board, to run 3 sticks of ram in the 3 slots and still have dual channel working you need to have the two idential ram chips placed in slots 1 and 2, then the larger ram placed in the third slot on its own.

so you should have
slot 1: 512mb
slot 2: 512mb
slot 3: 1Gb

demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:48

Brilliant thanks mate.

nikebee · 29 Mar 2006 at 17:58

bit of info, tweaks and tips (etc) about your motherboard can be found here.

demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:04

I get an error straight away in S&M.

Yet on prime95 im currently on the third test withou any errors how strange...

demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:15

Im going to do memtest now and see what happens.

demon8991 · 29 Mar 2006 at 22:15

Ran memtest for 4 hours it has come up with 1 error.

What you guys think?

demon8991 · 30 Mar 2006 at 08:08

Anyone?

I dont think my ram is in the right slots.

I currently have 512mb in slots 1 and 2 and 1gb in slot 3.

Dutch Guy · 30 Mar 2006 at 08:46

demon8991 said:
Ran memtest for 4 hours it has come up with 1 error.

What test did the error come from?

If the memory errors you can try increasing the VDimm and/or change the timings

Tesla · 30 Mar 2006 at 09:09

Maybe one of the DIMM's is faulty.

Run memtest on each single dimm individually and see if you get any errors.

demon8991 · 30 Mar 2006 at 12:02

Hmmmm i havnt had a BSOD since i changed my ram around and all my games and applications are running like normal.

I may just leave it for a week or so and see how it goes.

nikebee · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:18

Tesla said:
Maybe one of the DIMM's is faulty.

Run memtest on each single dimm individually and see if you get any errors.

definately do that if your worried the ram isn't working properly.

and as i said mate, the board is supposed to have dual channel in slots 1+2 whilst slot 3 is the "extra" slot. hence why its slightly seperated from the other two slots.

LoadsaMoney · 30 Mar 2006 at 17:22

demon8991 said:
Look if i wanted to boot my system up 6 times run memtest or equivalent for 10 minutes each time i would have done that.

Just wanted to use someones knowledge to save me some time.

Calm down dear, he was only offering some help.