My PC has gone wrong!

[Leon Retro]

If I have 2 sticks of ram installed the memory test it says ' failed ' and if it doesn't say failed- when I run a game the pc resets.

If I run 1 memory stick the pc works ok- using either stick on its own!

If I connect all my essential cooling fans the hardrive will randomly shut down the computer during windows.

When my 3D graphics cards initiates a 3D game it usually shuts-down the computer and the harddrive usually gets a partition wiped.


This is my system- all new stuff!

ThermalTake 680w 3-rail power supply.

Abit AN7 Guru

Athlon 3000

400DDR Ram

Geforce 6800

Maxtor Hard Drives


I also have these that I have swapped to no avail:

Geforce 6600

Antec 350w PSU

Mercury 400w PSU

Albatron KX18DP2


It's my mates pc- he has always built his own- but this situation has him stumped!

Any ideas? Cheers!

[davidcotton]

Tried sticking either of the sticks (seperatly or otherwise)in another pc to see if anything happens?

[wod]

sounds like a faulty dual channel ram set, download a program called memtest and put it on a floppy and test the ram

[Leon Retro]

Thanks for the advice- I have tried MemTest and using the ram in another pc and it seems one of the sticks is faulty.

Me and my mate have decided to take all the components back and start again- because the problem can't be totally isolated and it's doing our heads in.

Cheers!