Possible bad memory?

[Phishie]

Hello, I just built this system about a week ago and it is having a really hard time booting. Could memory be at fault here? (1GB Corsair Value Select DDR2 667 [VS1GB667D2])

 

System Specs:
Asus P5NSLI  (Using latest BIOS [ACPI BIOS Revision 0903])
Intel Core2Duo E6600 2.4 GHz
1GB Corsair Value Select DDR2 667 (VS1GB667D2)
eVGA nVidia GeForce 7950GT KO
Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM Raptor HDD
Silverstone 600W Modular PSU

 

Symptoms:

1. Random restarts - Especially during boot-up.

2. Lock ups during boot-up.

3. Lock ups during POST or MOBO splash screen. Sometimes the POST only loads partially.

4. Sometimes it will crash after I enter my password and Windows begins loading.

5. BSOD after the "Windows is Loading" splash screen, immediately followed by a quick restart.

6. Sometimes I get a black screen with nothing but a "_" there after POST.

 

I have run Memtest86+ V1.65 on this stick of RAM. For the most part Test Test #5 [block move, 64 moves] was being failed so I decided to do 5 passes only testing #5. Here are the results:

 

Intel Conroe (65n 2400MHz)
L1 Cache: 64k 39347 MB/s
L2 Cache: Unknown
Memory: 1023M 15687 MB/s
Chipset: nForce4 SLI Intel Edition - FSB: 266MHz - Type: DDR-II
Settings: RAM: 332MHz (DDR665)/CAS: 5-7-7-31/Single Channel(64 bits)

5 Passes resulting in 87 errors in Test #5 [block move, 64 moves]
After Pass 1: 22 errors
After Pass 2: 32 errors
After Pass 3: 54 errors
After Pass 4: 73 errors
After Pass 5: 87 errors

WallTime: 0:18:40 Cached: 1023M RsvdMem: 276M MemMap: e820-Std
Cache: On ECC: Off Test: #5d Pass: 5 Errors: 87 ECC Errs: 0

 

Other thoughts:

MemTest defaulted timings to CAS: 5-7-7-31. I tried using the timings recommended by Corsair (5-5-5-15-2T) but that made no difference in stability. I am currently running the timing on Auto.

 

My system has more trouble starting up after a restart. If I turn the power off and wait about 10 seconds, then turn the power back on, I have a lot more luck in getting it to boot up.

 

Most of the time my system is fine after Windows completely loads. Random restarts while I am running tasks happens very little but they do happen.

 

I am currently posting from the computer I am having boot trouble with.

 

Thanks in advance for all your help.

[RAM GUY]

Please make sure that you have the latest bios and then load setup defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.1 volts and then test the module/modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org! If you still get errors, please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However, if you get errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem and I would test them in another system or MB to be sure. In addition, with this MB you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test.