RAM Failed. Memtest doesn't load...

[Coldkilla]

I'm not sure where to go from here. My bro's ram (only 1 of 2 sitcks) died the other day (or so we think). We tried running memtest and the PC kept saying "error while trying to read the CD, press ctrl+alt+delete to restart"....

The cd's aren't the problem, so what could be? Thanks.

 

[Blain]

Bring it over and I'll take a look at it for you.

 

[0roo0roo]

boot from thumbdrive

 

[Coldkilla]

Alright, we don't have any thumb-drives but before I run down and pick one up - is there anyway that the ram can effect this? Also, is it better to run with both sticks of ram in? Again he has a total of 2 sticks, he's been using the working one for about a week now without any problems other than slower loading times.

 

[Blazer]

yes it could, could also be ram socket, the mobo and many other things, you have to start somewhere, remove any hardware that isnt needed and start testing.

 

[Jiggz]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
Alright, we don't have any thumb-drives but before I run down and pick one up - is there anyway that the ram can effect this? Also, is it better to run with both sticks of ram in? Again he has a total of 2 sticks, he's been using the working one for about a week now without any problems other than slower loading times.

If you tried running memtest with a suspected bad ram and the program will not run, it's obvious you have a bad ram. You should have isolated the cause by testing the rams one stick at a time. The bad ram is the one that will not let the system ran memtest. Instead of getting a thumb drive go get another stick of ram.