Hello,
I just built a new PC for my little brother, and it's running okay apart from these problems in chronological order:
1. Initial fresh usb install of Windows 8.1 Pro N on new 1TB WD Blue took multiple tries because of crashing/BSOD with different errors such as "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED" "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS OR EQUAL" "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT"....I suspected a bad memory module, removed one of the 4gb G.skill sticks and the install went to 50% then crashed again. Restarted and the install went through all the way and booted to desktop. Everything looked stable for a while. Updated graphics drivers, motherboard drivers. Installed a few apps.
2. When I put the 2nd memory stick in, the computer won't boot. My brother somehow got the 2nd stick in and working in the same slot. Computer reads 8gb @1600mhz. Began getting random blackout "signal losses" on screen that last about a second. Suspect faulty GPU, but this only happens on desktop/web surfing and not in-games. Screen is an LED tv connected by HDMI.
3. With everything running relatively smoothly, I decided to check the timings on the RAM and upped it to manufacturer's timings 9-9-9-24 using MSI Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Voltage on "Auto." It worked, and computer booted. Crashed a bit later stating overclocking settings were the cause and that the computer is back to default settings. It goes on to crash a few more times after I tried to install a chipset (Intel Smart connect). So I decided to System Restore to before the intel extreme tuning utility install.
RAM back to 11-11-11 timing, system seems stable apart from the 1 second "screen signal losses"
I decided to run Windows Memory Diagnosis to make sure the memory isn't faulty. It was like 5% complete then I saw a message saying Hardware Failure.
So is it for sure the memory even though games seem to be fine? Should I replace? Does this rule out the GPU, HDD, CPU, PSU?
SPECS:
CPU: Intel G3258 @ 3.2 Ghz
MB: MSI Z97 PC Mate
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W Bronze
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-1600C9D-8GAO
HDD: 1 TB Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX
GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 280
TLDR; Installed 8gb (4gbx2) ram in new pc build. started up, but BSOD until removing one module allowed windows install (1 crash). worked okay until timings upped to OEM specs. BSOD. manually ran Windows Mem Diag, got hardware failure. For sure memory fault or something else? replacing memory = profit?
I just built a new PC for my little brother, and it's running okay apart from these problems in chronological order:
1. Initial fresh usb install of Windows 8.1 Pro N on new 1TB WD Blue took multiple tries because of crashing/BSOD with different errors such as "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED" "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS OR EQUAL" "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT"....I suspected a bad memory module, removed one of the 4gb G.skill sticks and the install went to 50% then crashed again. Restarted and the install went through all the way and booted to desktop. Everything looked stable for a while. Updated graphics drivers, motherboard drivers. Installed a few apps.
2. When I put the 2nd memory stick in, the computer won't boot. My brother somehow got the 2nd stick in and working in the same slot. Computer reads 8gb @1600mhz. Began getting random blackout "signal losses" on screen that last about a second. Suspect faulty GPU, but this only happens on desktop/web surfing and not in-games. Screen is an LED tv connected by HDMI.
3. With everything running relatively smoothly, I decided to check the timings on the RAM and upped it to manufacturer's timings 9-9-9-24 using MSI Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. Voltage on "Auto." It worked, and computer booted. Crashed a bit later stating overclocking settings were the cause and that the computer is back to default settings. It goes on to crash a few more times after I tried to install a chipset (Intel Smart connect). So I decided to System Restore to before the intel extreme tuning utility install.
RAM back to 11-11-11 timing, system seems stable apart from the 1 second "screen signal losses"
I decided to run Windows Memory Diagnosis to make sure the memory isn't faulty. It was like 5% complete then I saw a message saying Hardware Failure.
So is it for sure the memory even though games seem to be fine? Should I replace? Does this rule out the GPU, HDD, CPU, PSU?
SPECS:
CPU: Intel G3258 @ 3.2 Ghz
MB: MSI Z97 PC Mate
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W Bronze
RAM: G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-1600C9D-8GAO
HDD: 1 TB Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX
GPU: Sapphire Dual-X R9 280
TLDR; Installed 8gb (4gbx2) ram in new pc build. started up, but BSOD until removing one module allowed windows install (1 crash). worked okay until timings upped to OEM specs. BSOD. manually ran Windows Mem Diag, got hardware failure. For sure memory fault or something else? replacing memory = profit?
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