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Old 06-16-07   #1 (permalink)
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Default BSOD's on grandma's computer
So my grandma has been getting lots of BSOD's on her new Dell lately.

The specs are:

Dimension E520
PD 2.8ghz
512mb RAM
G965 mobo
Integrated graphics

She has been getting ones that go like this:

*** Hardware malfunction

MMI Parity Check / Memory Parity Error


I think it may be bad RAM, but I'm not sure.

I tried reformatting, but it BSOD'd in the Windows installation!

So is it bad RAM, or something else?

Thanks.
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sound like a bad RAM or something else, better send it back and ask for the new system.

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If you have an extra DIMM lying around, try it out. Otherwise, RMA it.
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What is the message/code displayed in the BSOD? The odds are its bad RAM but just to make sure
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Lol that's the strange thing. There is no message or anything, just those 3 lines about the parity check...

I forgot to bring RAM, but I think I'll just try to RMA the system.
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i think its faulty ram.
my dad had something like that when he bought a crappy dell :|
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