RAM Issues?

Collinator24 · February 22, 2020

Hey guys. Recently I have noticed some corruption in my windows install. I thought I fixed it, then I saw a BSOD. I ran a windows memory check and it failed within 2 mins. I then ran a DISM and it said "The restore operation completed successfully.", and now windows is working properly (fingers crossed). What I am trying to see is if it's my RAM, a bad update or something worse.

Slottr · February 22, 2020

run memtest

Collinator24 · February 22, 2020

Just now, Slottr said:

run memtest

I tried memtest86, but it won't boot to it. Just brings me back to my bios. Ubuntu and other things work fine, but it doesn't like memtest86 usb...

Slottr · February 22, 2020

2 minutes ago, Collinator24 said:

I tried memtest86, but it won't boot to it. Just brings me back to my bios. Ubuntu and other things work fine, but it doesn't like memtest86 usb...

Recreate it then?

Collinator24 · February 22, 2020

22 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Recreate it then?

I have multiple times. Using rufus and the included one, and I also tried the CD image.

Slottr · February 22, 2020

9 minutes ago, Collinator24 said:

I have multiple times. Using rufus and the included one, and I also tried the CD image.

And I'm assuming you've adjusted your boot order?

Collinator24 · February 23, 2020

22 hours ago, Slottr said:

And I'm assuming you've adjusted your boot order?

Yeah. I ended up using the windows tests instead after fixing corruption. It was indeed bad RAM. I had some extra I tried out and no issues resulted and I had no windows issues or corruptions. I ordered some new RAM, so should be good after that.