Windows 7 crashes.

[de8212]

I've been running the RC1 since June with almost no issues. Within the last week my pc has began to reboot daily. Most of the time I just get hoe from work and it's at the login screen. When it finishes booting it does the "Windows is checking for a solution blah blah blah".

So, I've pulled up the even view and it's confusing to track down the issue. Is there any thing I can copy and paste here so someone can help diagnose what the problem is?

 

[Blazer]

run checkdisk and memtest 86+, or windows builtin memory test.

 

[de8212]

I did that right after I posted and got numerous errors. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...adid=2341179&forumid=1


Going to call crucial and get it replaced.

Thanks for the help though.

 

[Blazer]

4 sticks, prolly fills all the slots, some mobo's dont behave well with all slots filled, was the voltage set at the recommended level.

 

[de8212]

Voltage was whatever the bios default. Probably 1.8 or so. the ram likes 2.0 but I wouldn't have thought undervolting would kill it????

 

[de8212]

And it may be filling all 4 slots was the issue but I've run it this way for several weeks. Even ran memtest after a few weeks and had no errors. Not sure what has caused this?

 

[pcgeek11]

I just get hoe from work

I wish I could get a Hoe from work.

 

[Grinja]

Originally posted by: de8212
Voltage was whatever the bios default. Probably 1.8 or so. the ram likes 2.0 but I wouldn't have thought undervolting would kill it????[/q

I had a similar scenario. I intially had 2x1GB in place and everything was rock solid even with an OC. When I added another 2x1GB I started getting errrors.

My ram is rated to run 1.8 - 2.1 so i upped it 1.85 and problem went away.

 

[VashHT]

Originally posted by: de8212
Voltage was whatever the bios default. Probably 1.8 or so. the ram likes 2.0 but I wouldn't have thought undervolting would kill it????

Undervolting could certainly cause problems, these chips need a certain voltage to work. If they're rated 2V and you're using the timings that coincide with that rating it could be causing your problems. Anyway just try raising it to 2V b4 RMAing or anything, it certainly won't hurt it.