I just spent the day installing a new water cooling kit for my 7 year old (but sporadically upgraded) PC. Although the process was a bit more involved than expected, I got the kit working fine.
However, one of my ram slots seems to have given up on life during the process - When I boot with any of my ram sticks in that particular slot, I get a BSOD shortly after "Starting Windows" appears. Rebooting without removing the stick after that prompts me to run startup repair or start Windows normally. If I opt to run startup repair, it says "Windows is loading files" for a short while, before just rebooting by itself. Choosing to run Windows normally sometimes does exactly the same thing ("Windows is loading files") or just the regular BSOD during "Starting Windows".
Most of the BSODs flash by too fast to read, but the ones I have been able to catch were identified as "IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" or "MEMORY MANAGEMENT".
If I enter the BIOS settings, the computer completely freezes after some time, without any BSOD or automatic reboot. I was also able to get Windows fully started once, but it blue-screened right after.
Windows starts and works fine without any ram stick in this one particular slot. I have tested swapping the sticks around, and only when one is in that slot do I see these issues.
I assume the slot has died and that I would need a motherboard replacement (or just a new computer), but I just wanted to know if someone could confirm if that is the case or if there is anything else that could be tested for and perhaps more fixable on my end. The BIOS detects all of my 8gb of ram with all ram slots filled, if that makes any difference.
Specs:
MB: Asus P5N-D, nForce-750i SLI, Socket-775
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL
RAM: 4x Corsair XMS2-6400 800MHz 2GB
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB "Superclocked"
HD1: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB
HD2: Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA
HD3: Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB SATA
OS: Windows 7
Thanks!
However, one of my ram slots seems to have given up on life during the process - When I boot with any of my ram sticks in that particular slot, I get a BSOD shortly after "Starting Windows" appears. Rebooting without removing the stick after that prompts me to run startup repair or start Windows normally. If I opt to run startup repair, it says "Windows is loading files" for a short while, before just rebooting by itself. Choosing to run Windows normally sometimes does exactly the same thing ("Windows is loading files") or just the regular BSOD during "Starting Windows".
Most of the BSODs flash by too fast to read, but the ones I have been able to catch were identified as "IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" or "MEMORY MANAGEMENT".
If I enter the BIOS settings, the computer completely freezes after some time, without any BSOD or automatic reboot. I was also able to get Windows fully started once, but it blue-screened right after.
Windows starts and works fine without any ram stick in this one particular slot. I have tested swapping the sticks around, and only when one is in that slot do I see these issues.
I assume the slot has died and that I would need a motherboard replacement (or just a new computer), but I just wanted to know if someone could confirm if that is the case or if there is anything else that could be tested for and perhaps more fixable on my end. The BIOS detects all of my 8gb of ram with all ram slots filled, if that makes any difference.
Specs:
MB: Asus P5N-D, nForce-750i SLI, Socket-775
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL
RAM: 4x Corsair XMS2-6400 800MHz 2GB
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB "Superclocked"
HD1: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB
HD2: Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA
HD3: Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB SATA
OS: Windows 7
Thanks!
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