- Jun 9, 2014
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Hello,
This is probably a typical song and dance for many of you. I built a new PC several weeks ago, all new hardware except for my PSU & GPU.
Installation of hardware & software went fine initially, updated all pertinent drivers (excluding bios) and it was smooth sailing for the first week. However shortly thereafter I began to receive BSOD at random times. To date it has occurred more than half a dozen times. Browsing through these forums I've taken several steps to attempt to identify the problem and here's what I've come up with:
Looking through Event Viewer, within the critical section: "Kernal power" (Event ID 41). Those are the only critical events leading to system crash. Under description it has shown:
"The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ACPI\PNP0A0A\2&daba3ff&2."
So, I would assume the culprit is a driver/software issue? When I google the device is leads to a driver for asus z87 chipset. But oddly the problems for other users only occur during boot.
Here enters my dilemma: Another thread on this site suggested I test my RAM prior to fiddling with and/or updating any drivers. Initially when I built the PC I tested the RAM via windows 7 tool, which showed no problems.
However yesterday I ran memtest86+. The test ran for over 14 hours and revealed consistent failures during tests 8 and 10. Here is a screenshot:
CPU-Z shows that my RAM voltage and SPD Latency for both sticks are "set correctly" at 800mhz, timing of 10-10-10-27 and at 1.5v. The timing is on the "high" end for Corsairs own testing but I'd assume that isn't a problem.
So here's where my indecision stands. Is the new RAM the culprit? Or is the driver for the z87 chipset the problem? Perhaps both issues are to blame?
If it does turn out to be the RAM, the consensus seems to be that it's pointless to narrow down which one is the problem, as Corsair will simply want the entire batch back?
System specs:
mobo: Asus Maximus Formula VI
cpu: Intel core i5 4760K
gpu: Geforce GTX 660
ram: Corsair Vengeance dual channel DDR3 1600 mhz at 16 gb (2x8gb)
psu: Thermaltake 850 watt
os: Win 7 64-bit Home Premium
Thank you all in advance!
This is probably a typical song and dance for many of you. I built a new PC several weeks ago, all new hardware except for my PSU & GPU.
Installation of hardware & software went fine initially, updated all pertinent drivers (excluding bios) and it was smooth sailing for the first week. However shortly thereafter I began to receive BSOD at random times. To date it has occurred more than half a dozen times. Browsing through these forums I've taken several steps to attempt to identify the problem and here's what I've come up with:
Looking through Event Viewer, within the critical section: "Kernal power" (Event ID 41). Those are the only critical events leading to system crash. Under description it has shown:
"The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load for the device ACPI\PNP0A0A\2&daba3ff&2."
So, I would assume the culprit is a driver/software issue? When I google the device is leads to a driver for asus z87 chipset. But oddly the problems for other users only occur during boot.
Here enters my dilemma: Another thread on this site suggested I test my RAM prior to fiddling with and/or updating any drivers. Initially when I built the PC I tested the RAM via windows 7 tool, which showed no problems.
However yesterday I ran memtest86+. The test ran for over 14 hours and revealed consistent failures during tests 8 and 10. Here is a screenshot:
CPU-Z shows that my RAM voltage and SPD Latency for both sticks are "set correctly" at 800mhz, timing of 10-10-10-27 and at 1.5v. The timing is on the "high" end for Corsairs own testing but I'd assume that isn't a problem.
So here's where my indecision stands. Is the new RAM the culprit? Or is the driver for the z87 chipset the problem? Perhaps both issues are to blame?
If it does turn out to be the RAM, the consensus seems to be that it's pointless to narrow down which one is the problem, as Corsair will simply want the entire batch back?
System specs:
mobo: Asus Maximus Formula VI
cpu: Intel core i5 4760K
gpu: Geforce GTX 660
ram: Corsair Vengeance dual channel DDR3 1600 mhz at 16 gb (2x8gb)
psu: Thermaltake 850 watt
os: Win 7 64-bit Home Premium
Thank you all in advance!
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