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Old Jan 05, 2008, 07:18 AM // 07:18   #1
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I seem to have a GW crashing problem in that the game frequently crashes due to a memory could not be read error, and more seriously, random reboots of the system.

When I reboot, I usually get one or more systata.xml errors reported (see attached for details). I don't have a screenshot of the GW error unfortunately. These errors only occur in GW.

I did some reading in tech forums, and this seems to be a bad memory problem. However I ran the latest version of memtest 86+ for hours (9 passes) and got no errors.

So is this a bad memory problem and should I get new ram? Any other ideas (other than junking the old PC and getting a new one)?

My specs are: 2.4 Gig Athlon, 1 gig Corsair DDR ram, Geforce 6800.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Old Jan 05, 2008, 02:39 PM // 14:39   #2
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Run this overnight. http://www.memtest86.com
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Old Jan 05, 2008, 03:58 PM // 15:58   #3
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It could be an overheating problem, not necessarily directly tied to your RAM. Overheated gfx card, overheated northbridge, and overheated CPU can also produce memory errors through corruption.
I would personally suspect CPU overheating; you could try significantly underclocking your CPU and see if the problem disappears.
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Old Jan 05, 2008, 04:24 PM // 16:24   #4
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It could be bad RAM on the video card itself. I think Memtest86 just tests main RAM.
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