Windows explorer is stuck on a restart loop when booting either either stick or both. The desktop isn't usable as well. Programs when launched from task manager work properly and even the file explorer itself works. It's possible that when I tried to boot into Windows with only the faulty stick that it corrupted a file. Now running Memtest86 v6.3.0 on both sticks in. At this point it is past the amount of time that previous version detected error. I will continue to run it possibly over night to check. If the RAM is definitely faulty in one stick, it is only a year and a half old on a 2 year warranty so I'll get it replaced then proceed to the next step with the one working RAM stick. If the RAM turns out to be okay, I'll have to do what I wanted to avoid, Reinstalling Windows 10, which at this point would have taken less time than the rest of this. Although there are other benefits to reinstalling Windows 10 that I can see so it's whatever.
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Windows 10 updating issue. - (KB3140741) - Error 0x800736b3
- Thread starter AMC
- Start date
OldGrayGary
Visiting Expert
- Jan 25, 2013
- 599
If the two memory modules are an exact-match pair (part of a "kit"), it shouldn't hurt to test them both at once. If you have no errors with both, it's highly unlikely you'd get errors with either single stick.
Startup Repair
Before going to a full in-place reinstall (which requires you to already have a relatively stable Windows 10 installed - and yours just took a turn for the worse - why not try a "Start up Repair". It sounds like you can reach your sign-in screen at startup OK, right? If so:
1) While on the sign-in screen, right-click the power icon in the lower right hand corner
2) While holding down your Shift key, select Restart
3) From the Choose An Option screen, select Troubleshoot
4) From the Troubleshoot screen, select Advanced Options
5) From the Advanced Options screen, select Startup Repair
If all goes well with the Startup Repair - you can revisit Windows Update, and see if the Cumulative Update still fails (I rather expect it to still have the same problem, and fail). If the update problem is still there, you have the option to try an in-place repair of Windows 10 - which keeps your installed programs and personal data intact. I think your situation is most likely to succeed with the online method (where you basically "upgrade" Windows 10 from your current Windows 10). Here's a link to a guide that shows four ways of performing the in-place repair reinstall of Windows 10 ... you'll be using the online option shown as "Step 7" in the guide:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Forums
The online method simply means that you visit the Microsoft website to download and install Windows 10 on top of your old installation. You press a Download button, and then an Upgrade Now button. How easy is that?
Let us know if things go haywire (or end-up happy-as-can-be ever after)
Startup Repair
Before going to a full in-place reinstall (which requires you to already have a relatively stable Windows 10 installed - and yours just took a turn for the worse - why not try a "Start up Repair". It sounds like you can reach your sign-in screen at startup OK, right? If so:
1) While on the sign-in screen, right-click the power icon in the lower right hand corner
2) While holding down your Shift key, select Restart
3) From the Choose An Option screen, select Troubleshoot
4) From the Troubleshoot screen, select Advanced Options
5) From the Advanced Options screen, select Startup Repair
If all goes well with the Startup Repair - you can revisit Windows Update, and see if the Cumulative Update still fails (I rather expect it to still have the same problem, and fail). If the update problem is still there, you have the option to try an in-place repair of Windows 10 - which keeps your installed programs and personal data intact. I think your situation is most likely to succeed with the online method (where you basically "upgrade" Windows 10 from your current Windows 10). Here's a link to a guide that shows four ways of performing the in-place repair reinstall of Windows 10 ... you'll be using the online option shown as "Step 7" in the guide:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Forums
The online method simply means that you visit the Microsoft website to download and install Windows 10 on top of your old installation. You press a Download button, and then an Upgrade Now button. How easy is that?
Let us know if things go haywire (or end-up happy-as-can-be ever after)
If the two memory modules are an exact-match pair (part of a "kit"), it shouldn't hurt to test them both at once. If you have no errors with both, it's highly unlikely you'd get errors with either single stick.
Startup Repair
Before going to a full in-place reinstall (which requires you to already have a relatively stable Windows 10 installed - and yours just took a turn for the worse - why not try a "Start up Repair". It sounds like you can reach your sign-in screen at startup OK, right? If so:
1) While on the sign-in screen, right-click the power icon in the lower right hand corner
2) While holding down your Shift key, select Restart
3) From the Choose An Option screen, select Troubleshoot
4) From the Troubleshoot screen, select Advanced Options
5) From the Advanced Options screen, select Startup Repair
If all goes well with the Startup Repair - you can revisit Windows Update, and see if the Cumulative Update still fails (I rather expect it to still have the same problem, and fail). If the update problem is still there, you have the option to try an in-place repair of Windows 10 - which keeps your installed programs and personal data intact. I think your situation is most likely to succeed with the online method (where you basically "upgrade" Windows 10 from your current Windows 10). Here's a link to a guide that shows four ways of performing the in-place repair reinstall of Windows 10 ... you'll be using the online option shown as "Step 7" in the guide:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Forums
The online method simply means that you visit the Microsoft website to download and install Windows 10 on top of your old installation. You press a Download button, and then an Upgrade Now button. How easy is that?
Let us know if things go haywire (or end-up happy-as-can-be ever after)
Start-up repair was unable to fix issues. Memtest failed because of one of the two sticks(of a pair) need to check on the warranty. Going to have to leave the one stick out and then I'm just going to reinstall Windows.
Tried doing the online installation with just the good RAM in. But I guess Windows was so corrupted that it didn't work right. When it rebooted to install it froze up. I figured I'd go back to my recovery from last week and then do the online installation, but I can no longer boot into windows I just get a blank screen.
OldGrayGary
Visiting Expert
- Jan 25, 2013
- 599
Try entering the BIOS/UEFI again, and set the memory to the motherboard specs maximum allowed, even if it is lower than the 2400 setting advertised for your modules. It might be that the board just can't accommodate the faster speeds.
If it turns out that the system instability (that possibly led to your earlier Windows Update issues) is too great for the online method to work, you could try using a different PC to make a Windows installation DVD, and try the repair from that.
Good luck
If it turns out that the system instability (that possibly led to your earlier Windows Update issues) is too great for the online method to work, you could try using a different PC to make a Windows installation DVD, and try the repair from that.
Good luck
Try entering the BIOS/UEFI again, and set the memory to the motherboard specs maximum allowed, even if it is lower than the 2400 setting advertised for your modules. It might be that the board just can't accommodate the faster speeds.
If it turns out that the system instability (that possibly led to your earlier Windows Update issues) is too great for the online method to work, you could try using a different PC to make a Windows installation DVD, and try the repair from that.
Good luck
I had no other devices running Windows so I borrowed a friend's laptop to use the Windows Media creation tool to make a flash drive. I ran it with just the good RAM in and successfully reinstalled windows and am up to date. Now just the tedious part of reconfiguring everything.
OldGrayGary
Visiting Expert
- Jan 25, 2013
- 599
Glad that it's going well so far. Also glad that you were able to create the USB flash drive Ok (I tend to recommend the DVD option, since many users find it difficult to create the bootable USB ... ).
Hoping for continued good luck!
Hoping for continued good luck!
Glad that it's going well so far. Also glad that you were able to create the USB flash drive Ok (I tend to recommend the DVD option, since many users find it difficult to create the bootable USB ... ).
Hoping for continued good luck!
Thanks for the assistance I probably wouldn't have thought to run hardware diagnostics. This thread can be closed and marked as solved now.
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