Re: [OM] OT: Win7 Problem

[Chuck Norcutt]

Follow Steve's advice and run MEMTEST 86 <http://www.memtest86.com/> for 
about 24 hours before declaring there is no hardware problem.  Memory or 
any other hardware problem can be very intermittent.
Also, the fact that you don't see the problem with a different OS or a 
different mode may be intermittency or simply the fact that different 
areas of memory are being used in those modes.  MEMTEST 86 will do a 
thorough test of all system memory.  Allow MEMTEST to do lots of pattern 
testing.  Whether an error occurs in memory can be due to specific bit 
patterns in use.
Chuck Norcutt


On 3/24/2016 6:50 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> Here's another aspect of the problem:  The laptop in question is the
> one I have been using for a few years with WinXP primarily and Win7
> occasionally.  This memory problem does not take place with WinXP,
> either regular or in SAFE MODE.  It's only a problem with Win7 SAFE
> MODE and Win7 System Repair.  So, it's very unlikely to be a hardware
> issue.
>
> > The defective driver is most likely the problem, but I have not
> > been able to locate it.  I'll give your suggestion a try.
> >
> > > It's a hardware error message that is caused by either faulty
> > > memory or an incompatible driver for something.  Note that the
> > > memory could by system memory or graphics card memory.  My bet
> > > would be a driver issue.  You could run something like
> > > http://www.memtest86.com/ to rule out hardware.
> > >
> > > Steve Troy
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: |      Not
> > > necessarily.  It operates properly in normal Win7 mode.  Doing
> > > |the memory scan in normal mode ends up with no problems found.
> > > | | > | >A memory parity error is a hardware problem.
> > Chris
> >
> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson
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