Quote Originally Posted by Texray1 View Post
I'm almost done formatting. I have tested just one stick at a time but that didn't seem to matter, although there were so many crazy things going on that I might have to retry that. I've had the power totally disconnected several times and I took the cmos battery out and left it for 10 minutes at one point.

Is Memtest something I can dload? And do I need Windows completely installed to run it? I've never had any memory issues in the past so I've never had any need to use all of these programs I hear you guys talking about.

I COULD by some cheap ram to troubleshoot with but then I"m stuck with it because obviously I can't take it back.
Try either of these versions of Memtest. You can boot to it without windows installed. You'll need a CD burner though. Suppose there are other ways to boot to it if you know how.

If your alarm was going off. Was it the cpu over heating? I say don't trust the stock HSF.