Memory bad already?
DJ_Evergreen
MB, Canada Member
Hey all,
Fixing a computer for a friend. They have been getting random BSOD messages for the past 2 months and now windows won't load at all. I've ran memtest86+ and determined the problem to be bad memory.
Went down to the local computer store and got new memory and installed it. Windows still wouldn't load with the same BSOD (BAD_POOL_CALLER) so I ran the memtest again on the new memory. The test shows over 5 million failed. Before I take the memory back and replace it is there anything else I can try? How accurate is this memory test reading? Could something else be the culprit?
Fixing a computer for a friend. They have been getting random BSOD messages for the past 2 months and now windows won't load at all. I've ran memtest86+ and determined the problem to be bad memory.
Went down to the local computer store and got new memory and installed it. Windows still wouldn't load with the same BSOD (BAD_POOL_CALLER) so I ran the memtest again on the new memory. The test shows over 5 million failed. Before I take the memory back and replace it is there anything else I can try? How accurate is this memory test reading? Could something else be the culprit?
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If swapping in known good RAM shows the same errors, then it's much more likely to be a MoBo problem which, as ardichoke stated, can cause problems just about anywhere.