dell random crashing sometimes when opening applications

[master4265]

memory parity error is what i got in bsod

 

[voyagerfan99]

Download Memtest86, burn it to a CD, reboot the computer, and boot to the CD. That'll test your RAM. It's possible it could be defective.

http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[master4265]

is there anyways this can be bootable from usb ?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Here ya go. Pre-compiled installer.

http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.usb.installer.zip

 

[master4265]

i tried this but it said boot mbr missing

 

[voyagerfan99]

i tried this but it said boot mbr missing

Did you format the flash drive? I just tried it and it works fine from mine.

 

[master4265]

ok i got it to work but the test have passed .