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RAM problem

Feb 27th, 2004

I think i have a ram problem. Everytime i shut down my computer, as it shuts down i get a message that says something like cannot read from vx000000x1 or some crap like that. So i think its ram, any solutions, shouldi just replace it? btw this is a 7 month old alienware. with a gig of ram (2 512s)

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Re: RAM problem

Feb 27th, 2004

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Originally Posted by VDPD2005

I think i have a ram problem. Everytime i shut down my computer, as it shuts down i get a message that says something like cannot read from vx000000x1 or some crap like that. So i think its ram, any solutions, shouldi just replace it? btw this is a 7 month old alienware. with a gig of ram (2 512s)

Since it's happening at shutdown, it's more likely a driver incompatibility. It's not unknown for a Windows update (for example) to cause a driver to start failing, or for updating one driver to cause another to fail.

Are you overclocking? That, too, can cause this sort of problem. So much is going on at shutdown that a timing error can occur, with this type of error message -- or if you are "pushing" your RAM timings, same thing. In those cases, I wouldn't worry about it.

Overall, it doesn't sound like a serious problem.

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Re: RAM problem

Feb 27th, 2004

well im not overclocking so does that mean that somethins wrong with the ram?

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Re: RAM problem

Feb 28th, 2004

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Originally Posted by VDPD2005

well im not overclocking so does that mean that somethins wrong with the ram?

No, it means there's most likely a driver that needs updating, as I said before.

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Re: RAM problem

Feb 29th, 2004

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Originally Posted by VDPD2005

as it shuts down i get a message that says something like cannot read from vx000000x1 or some crap like that. (2 512s)

post the full crappy error message might help

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Re: RAM problem

Jun 24th, 2005

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Originally Posted by TallCool1

No, it means there's most likely a driver that needs updating, as I said before.

I'm no frickin genious but this doesn't take one it has nothing to do with a driver. Your ram if fitted properly has no problem it is your primary hard disk just run system restore if that doesn't work replace the drive with a new one then boot from the secondary and do system restore again.

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Re: RAM problem

Jun 24th, 2005

Dvs, it's not a good idea to dredge up long dead topics, especially when the information you're adding is wrong.

The error message mentioned is indicative of device driver problems, not of poor RAM or of a faulty drive.

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Re: RAM problem

Jun 24th, 2005

Hey I'm new i didn't know how old the topic was and yes i was right if it was an internal device driver the system would not have booted properly and i know because i've encountered this problem with my voodo pc