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possible causes for memtest freezing?

mk_ln

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hi, i was just trying to diagnose a system problem am was wondering what the possible causes for failure of memtest would be (other than faulty memory). i have tried changing hard drives for the system, changed the memory, changed cabling, and memtest will just stall; the 'wall time' will freeze, but there is still a flashing cursor and the '+' in the memtest name (top left corner) will continue to flash as well. memtest does not report any errors, but it will freeze at random times; once it froze w/in 3 mins, and another after 30 mins. could the processor or mobo be the cause of the problem? if so, how would i be able to distinguish one problem from another w/o having another mobo to test with? (temps are fine btw).

thanks in advance to any helpful advice :)
 
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I would try it with just one pair of Dimms. It may help in narrowing the problem down.
 
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