Vista memory dump

[Raykoid]

Hello, all!

Okay, i'm using this 3D software, called Terragen, TG in short:

though i have 3gigs of RAM, on a Vista 32 Bit, but it seems like once TG exceeds about 1 gig, i get the memory dump bluescreen and vista reboots.

I had the same happening to me with 3D studio max but never really bothered to ask since there were a lot of memory-saving options in there.

So yeah i'd love to get some help here.

i have a small theory, hear this out. i have one stick of 2gig ram and 1 of 1gig, both DDR2, now, my guess is that the program is running on this 2gig stick, but when it tries to get to the 1gig, it crashes. again, just a theory.

EDIT: also when the program is on, and rendering my image, my explorer.exe keeps crashing and restarting...

 

[Hefemeister]

Test both sticks independently with memtest.
Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

 

[Raykoid]

Okay i'm running the test now but i'm not sure if i'm doing it right are there any configurations i need to change? or any things specificly i should watch out of and post back here?

the scan is at 50% now and no errors so far

 

[Hefemeister]

Let it run for a few hours.

 

[Raykoid]

80% almost done, no errors so far

It's done, no errors though.

so what to do now?

 

[Hefemeister]

How long did you run it? I like a minimum of 2 hours. I like 8 hours to ensure stability.

 

[patonb]

How many times did you run it... You should go a few times through.

Last test i did was 12hrs


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