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    Memory Parity Error - System Crash

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by grbac, Sep 20, 2009.

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    Occasionally I get the blurry, shifted BSOD where I can barely read Memory Parity Error and Hardware Failure, or something like that. I restart and everything goes back to normal for some time. Sometimes is happens two days in a row and sometimes it doesn't for 10 days, it's random.

    Any suggestions what should I do?
     
    grbac, Sep 20, 2009
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    I tested memory with Memtest86+ v.4.0 and got no errors after two passes.

    Is it possible to test also video memory on the graphic card with some software. Probably there is something going on with my 8600M GT.
     
    grbac, Sep 24, 2009
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    I installed W7 and the error disappeared so I guess it was a driver problem as I had to change the driver, of course.
     
    grbac, Oct 9, 2009
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