Is my memory faulty?

[Si_Cater]

Hi
I have recently put an existing hard drive into a new system. however, i am suffering from repeated memory errors, some straight away, and some not for hours.

the error is something like below

The instruction at "0x77a51c2a" referenced memory at "0x77936504" The memory could not be "Read"

the addresses seem to change and it is occuring in multiple applications, sometimes resulting in the blue screen od death.

i have run several memory testers that say my memory is ok,
microsoft help seem to imply that the operating system is to blame.

please help, rebuild the hardware, or rebuild the software?

thank you in advance.

Si

 

[btvillarin]

Then it might be that old hard drive. Take it out and see what difference it makes.

Either that, or first test your memory with <A HREF="http://www.memtest86.com" target="_new">Memtest86</A> (unless you've used that already). If you have more than one stick of memory, test one at a time, so it's easier to deduce which is causing the problem.

I hope this helps...

Bryan
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[AndrewT]

If you're running the OS off that older drive maybe you should format, I'm always unlucky trying to move a drive with OS into a newer setup with different chipset on motherboard. I get nothing but problems, so now I just format before moving drive (if it's the OS drive). If it's not the OS drive then it can be a faulty drive or ide cable. After a couple weird problems I changed ide cable once and problems were gone, no idea how could a simple ide cable go fubar but it did (maybe all the twisting action pooped out a wire or two inside, after the stress I put it through for a couple of years it can happen).

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[14Dx]

I had a similar problem, except with old HDD, new memory. In my case running w/ the RAM at a 2T command rate fixed the problem. Trying messing with the CAS latency settings etc. in BIOS.

yep
-14D

 

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

go to www.simmtester.com and download doc memory to test you memory it's the most relable program I have found. I used it for years as lead tech at a local computer comany. best of all its FREE

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