BSOD explained?

[Guest]

I am getting quite a few BSODs on Vista, for whatever reason on my ATI
graphics card (X700 PRO) I couldn't read them - just blue screens, having
recently switched to a nVidia card, I can, and they all read "Memory
Management".

Memtest, Windows Vista Memory Diagnostics can't find a fault though, I've
checked the BIOS for memory timings and they're running at frequency and
timings specified by SPD (667 - 5-5-5-15), I also checked there weren't any
"easy overclocking" features turned on, that up the frequency when needed ...
and there were not.

When I reboot from a BSOD, Problems and Solutions says "How to solve a
problem with a video device", doesn't sound Memory related to me.

Event Viewer lists 1580 of these: The hardware has reported an uncorrectable
memory error.

I can't find the problem - I've tried multiple graphics cards, that work in
other machines, using different drivers (both ATI & nVidia), clean installs
and the like ... but it happens anyway, from the day I got Vista.

I have gotten the error code from Reliability and Performance monitor:

here is a generic one, varies where it changes every BSOD:
0x0000001a (0x00041790, 0x801[VARIESX3], 0x0000ffff, 0x00000000)

here is a specific one:
0x0000001a (0x00041790, 0x80108c, 0x0000ffff, 0x00000000)

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Although I can't help answer your problem, I noticed one bit of possibly
useful information lacking for whoever can. Can you describe when the
BSODs occur, i.e. Every startup? Occasionally, during startup? If during
startup, at what point in the startup process? Or, while opening certain
applications? etc.

 

[Guest]

Anytime .... they normally don't happen at start-up, but have.

They occur generally about 5 times a day.

Although I can't help answer your problem, I noticed one bit of possibly
useful information lacking for whoever can. Can you describe when the
BSODs occur, i.e. Every startup? Occasionally, during startup? If during
startup, at what point in the startup process? Or, while opening certain
applications? etc.

I am getting quite a few BSODs on Vista, for whatever reason on my ATI
graphics card (X700 PRO) I couldn't read them - just blue screens, having
recently switched to a nVidia card, I can, and they all read "Memory
Management".

Memtest, Windows Vista Memory Diagnostics can't find a fault though, I've
checked the BIOS for memory timings and they're running at frequency and
timings specified by SPD (667 - 5-5-5-15), I also checked there weren't any
"easy overclocking" features turned on, that up the frequency when needed ...
and there were not.

When I reboot from a BSOD, Problems and Solutions says "How to solve a
problem with a video device", doesn't sound Memory related to me.

Event Viewer lists 1580 of these: The hardware has reported an uncorrectable
memory error.

I can't find the problem - I've tried multiple graphics cards, that work in
other machines, using different drivers (both ATI & nVidia), clean installs
and the like ... but it happens anyway, from the day I got Vista.

I have gotten the error code from Reliability and Performance monitor:

here is a generic one, varies where it changes every BSOD:
0x0000001a (0x00041790, 0x801[VARIESX3], 0x0000ffff, 0x00000000)

here is a specific one:
0x0000001a (0x00041790, 0x80108c, 0x0000ffff, 0x00000000)

 

[Plato]

I am getting quite a few BSODs on Vista, for whatever reason on my ATI
graphics card (X700 PRO) I couldn't read them - just blue screens, having
recently switched to a nVidia card, I can, and they all read "Memory
Management"

As with _any_ new MS OS, often their newest OS does not like being in
bed with the memory onboard, cache, or/and video memory, etc.

As any PC builder knows it takes some time to build a system that is
"perfectly" compatible with the newest MS OS.

 

[LaRoux]

The most obvious answer to me seems to be the memory on-board your video
card is bad. I can't tell from your post if you are using NVIDIA or ATI but
contact whoever and see about a swap out. If you have access to a different
card, I would say try that one and see if the problem goes away.

 

[Guest]

I'm also getting this problem however I don't get any references to the video
card which in my case is an evga 7800gtco running at stock speeds. Since my
system uses an opteron 175 which has an embedded memory controller I've tried
increasing my cpu voltage to see if that will help but since I just did that
it will take some time to see whether or not that works. I didn't have this
problem with xp pro and I'm running all top notch hardware so perhaps it's
just the ms code in vista ultimate.