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| Thread ID: 102052 | 2009-08-05 10:41:00 | Is memtest86 the be all/end all? | sammo450 (13626) | Press F1 |
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| 798503 | 2009-08-10 03:09:00 | I don't know why people say this, either. Even if there's no indication it will fix the problem I do it anyway to see what happens. Because I've seen people do it and its caused problems. Its a bit like drivers, a newer one isn't always a guarantee of improvement. Rare to have a stuff up but Rule 1: Don't fix it if it isn't broken. Its in my category of people who fix everything by a reinstall of WIndows.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 798504 | 2009-08-10 03:11:00 | OK I think I have 1704 at the moment, so I'll put 1705 on a USB drive and get that updated. The crashes only happen in Windows. | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 798505 | 2009-08-10 11:15:00 | Because I've seen people do it and its caused problems. Its a bit like drivers, a newer one isn't always a guarantee of improvement. Rare to have a stuff up but Rule 1: Don't fix it if it isn't broken. Its in my category of people who fix everything by a reinstall of WIndows.... I agree but you can't always "truely know" that it will or will not fix the problem. Sometimes you just have to try it and see.... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 798506 | 2009-08-10 11:39:00 | Because I've seen people do it and its caused problems. Its a bit like drivers, a newer one isn't always a guarantee of improvement. Rare to have a stuff up but Rule 1: Don't fix it if it isn't broken. Its in my category of people who fix everything by a reinstall of WIndows.... Well there must be something strange in our power up here in the north :p If I'm setting up a new or second hand machine I always make sure the BIOS is the latest and also drivers for all hardware. I have never, in my 15 years or so of doing this, had any problems by having the latest BIOS or drivers. I don't update the BIOS or drivers on every machine that comes into the workshop but if the problem they are having could be caused by one then I will do it even if it doesn't fix the problem. I have found that laptop BIOS updates are quite important to do even if the laptop appears to be running fine. (More so than a desktop machine) This is because the manufacturer sometimes tweaks or adjusts power settings that may have caused overheating in certain circumstances. On the OP topic I have found that sometimes Memtest hasn't picked up a memory fault but Prime95 has. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 798507 | 2009-08-11 01:47:00 | Yesterday while running Flight sim X I got a CACHE_MANAGER bsod. The msdn page seemed to say it means my system ran out of RAM. | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 798508 | 2009-08-11 01:52:00 | If all of this is happening on Win7, its probably telling you something, it doesnt like it. Go back to a previous version, see if it does the same thing | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 798509 | 2009-08-11 01:53:00 | A previous version of 7? | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 798510 | 2009-08-11 01:57:00 | No windows Vista or XP. Last time you updated the BIOS, did you re-set it back to the defaults, then reconfigure the settings? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 798511 | 2009-08-11 01:59:00 | No, just update and adjust as necessary. | sammo450 (13626) | ||
| 798512 | 2009-08-11 03:05:00 | Is this happening on the mobo in your sig, or another system? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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