Quote Originally Posted by Skrips View Post
All 4 checked out, though keep in mind I did not use any diagnostic software. I just ran one at a time and verified that they worked under real world trial.

Although, mayb a test would be in order....but hey, why should I need to test if I am only running them in pairs anyway? More than 1 of those DIMMs couldnt have failed, could they?
ok, your probably going to be mad at me for saying this but that statement right there pretty much proves you really dont have any idea what your doing.

sorry but thats a fact.

run memtest in windows with the free windows gui tool, or via dos off a floppy or via the bootable cd iso. (and DO NOT download memtest 2.00 it is bad and broken. download memtest 1.70 or something)
then in windows, download OCCT, it is very picky and has a tendancy to find errors much quicker and where orthos wont.

i never liked it until recently and now i use it all the time. you are also guarenteed to have 100% cpu usage on a dual or quad core where as orthos wont, you have to run several instances of it.

run prime if you wish to run 2 or 4 instances of it. they all are prime based programs so no one is really better than the other although some have been reported to be buggy.

let it run for atleast an hour. its default is 30min. which is ok for basic initial testing but since yoru system is so erratic then you will want to run it for no less than an hour or two.

and dont be doing anything while the tests are running.

also what kind of garbage sh|t software do you have installed on your system.

if your system was so unstable i can almost bet you that the windows iinstaller would have blue screened on you a time or two.
if not then the system should be fairly stable, although that is not a guarentee. windows can install fine but the hardware can still be borked.

also windows can install fine but in reality its really messed up so that when you go to run windows all kinds of wacko sh|t starts happening and you blame everything but windows.

it could be 1 million things right now, but not running tests on possibly bad hardware is not wise.

how can yo usay it runs fine for real world things when you are here telling us that your pc is totally screwed up ???

also bad IDE cable, bad anything can make a system go wacko...