Ram Errors with Memtest

RH · Devotee Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 65

personally I'd run at 2.1V;

what you want to do is check the ram.
it sounds dull but if you find one of the pair bad then it means changing the pair for a new pair.

If one of the other pair is bad, then it's changing them too.

Geek

Prismv · Amateur Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 11

ok well its now at 833MHZ

Its too late for me to do anything now so I will try it tomorrow, if I get an errors I'll drop it to 2.1 to see if that does anything.

If no change I'll do the RAM test and go from there.

So 1 stick at a time and don't mix them up.

How long would you recommend running Memtest for with each stick out?

lokhup · Master Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 635

hi, if the problem persists then the next solution is trying to disable a few start up/services programs.
The problem is where the game is trying to access memory stored on the ram only to find someone else there.....in non technical language

Here's what to try...

open the run command and type "msconfig"
select startup
Disable program like Java, Quick time.....all non essential ones.
then select the services tab
check Hide All the Microsoft Services box at the bottom
Here you can decide what to disable, for a more detailed look goto Here...try not to disable something that you need....

Good Luck. Shocked

.....by the google of it this is a long standing WoW problem Twisted Evil

Prismv · Amateur Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 11

Well I Ran memtest for 8.50 hours last night with the RAM set to 833 MHZ

Sadly it came back with 539 errors so the slower RAM setting has not improved it.

Lokhup I already run windows with practically nothing in the start up and services, it's something I've always done so as to squeeze as much performance possible. (thanks for the tip)

I never had a problem with this on my older pc which was no-where near as good as this one and the problem isn't just limited to WoW.

But surely until I can run Memtest with 0 errors that would point to a problem with my RAM?

I'm going to try and take out a stick at a time as RH suggests and see what happens then.

I've really got to get this sorted now, it's driving me insane.