Hi Guys,
thank you for responding
I am using Windows 32 Bit, and i am using a Dell USB Keyboard, the Keyboard has worked fine for many years, it is in the first USB slot next to the old ps2 socket, will see if i can find an old one to test though
Incidentally i breadboarded the motherboard last night (i think thats the term, took it right out of case and laid on a non conductive surface) and powered up via screwdriver with no hard or CD drive attached, just to test memory.
When powered i went into BIOS and loaded optimized defaults and re-tested first stick of RAM in Slot 1, no errors what so ever after 15 passes
I then took my other memory module and placed in the same slot and ran the same test, got errors straight away. stopped this test, completely powered off, left for a few hours, came back to it, re-seated the RAM and performed the same test and got lots of errors again.
I will RMA the RAM, before i do, would you suggest any other voltages etc to test at with Memtest86+, or should the optimized defaults be ok for testing?
Also you mentioned i would get errors in Windows 7 with 1 memory module Dark Mantis, and i have been getting odd BSODs and crashes when running 1 stick, this is with the memory module which passed the above Memtest86+, why would this be, is it because of the dual-channel nature of the RAM?
Lastly i am using onboard graphics, and one interesting thing that happens is i will get constant reboots when windows tries to initialise the Video Drivers sometimes, i have read somewhere this could be a RAM issue also.
Thank you for your help, sorry for the late reply
Ali Bowl