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Originally posted by Adeptus
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Originally posted by methos
I might run memtest, but is there really any point now i've swapped the RAm over?
There is. If memtest finds errors and you know the RAM is good, that would point to bad L1 or L2 cache (physically inside the CPU). The caches can typically be disabled in BIOS, so you can do that (one at a time, start with L2), retest, and narrow it down further.
In my experience, bad RAM manifests itself as mostly application crashes and BSODs, while bad cache (especially L1) mostly causes freezing. Any of the above could also mean a bad motherboard. If you determine it is a cache problem, you will need to replace the CPU.
Okay, that definately clears it up a lot, I'll download memtest and run the test on the RAM to see if i can narrow it down that way. Thanks a lot for your help Adeptus (and everyone else for helping clear this up)! I'll report back with any developments/solutions. Thnaks!
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