I have been having issues of the Windows registry becoming corrupt with a friends system. I had isolated it down to all of the various components and then decided it\u2019s either the motherboard or memory.
\nWell with the help of the “Memtest86” I isolated it down to memory errors that showed themselves right away.
\nI had already turned down the memory voltage from 3.4v to 3.3v suspecting that but still kept corrupting the registry.
\nNow I did not have another set of pc133 memory to test if it was the memory stick or the memory settings. I actually had to go and purchase another stick of pc133 memory to test if the memory module or the settings were the issue.
\nWell I ran the same “Memtest86\u201d test with the new memory stick and presto memory issues show right away!
\nWell this is now obviously memory settings. I built this system a few years ago and it was hard jumpered. I’m thinking that maybe someone else poked their heads in there and replaced the memory or adjusted something.
\nWell I took the jumpered settings off and set the motherboard (ASUS a7v133-c) up for jumperless settings and set the memory and CPU in the bios. I then ran the \u201cMemtest86 for several passes and it found no errors. I then reloaded the OS and some other software on the system without issue.
\nI then set the \u201cMemtest86” to run and test the memory overnight. This morning I looked and after several hours of running test there are no more memory errors
\nI am now running a memory test I downloaded from Microsoft’s site to see if it finds any errors and so far after 8 passes no issues!
\nBoth memory tests run off of bootable CDROM or floppy without taking you into the OS of course.
\nHere are the URL’s to the memory tests:
\nhttp:\/\/www.memtest.org\/
\nhttp:\/\/oca.microsoft.com\/en\/windiag.asp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been having issues of the Windows registry becoming corrupt with a friends system. I had isolated it down to all of the various components and then decided it\u2019s either the motherboard or memory. Well with the help of … Continue reading