PFN_LIST_CORRUPT on Windows 8

Mavromatis

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I'm experiencing random BSODs with the error message PFN_LIST_CORRUPT.
PC doesn't restart after these errors so I notice them mostly when I look back at it.
Here is the configuration from Ma-Config.
Here is all the info grabbed by SF Diagnostics.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 B55
    Motherboard
    M4A78LT-M-LE
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 3850
    Sound Card
    On Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung B1930
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    ST3500418AS 500GB
    ST3400620AS 400GB
    SAMSUNG HD502IJ 500GB
Given the page that is corrupted is on the zero page list, this isn't a memory range that would be referenced to a running program or driver (you'd get a very different bugcheck if any driver or other system code tried to write to one of these pages directly). That really does only leave hardware failure, either the RAM or the motherboard (or CPU) memory controller:
Code:
Probably caused by : hardware_ram ( ZEROED_PAGE_CORRUPTED )
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus Hero VII
    Memory
    32GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX970
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 250GB SSD
    4x WD RE 2TB (RAIDZ)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760i
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
Given the page that is corrupted is on the zero page list, this isn't a memory range that would be referenced to a running program or driver (you'd get a very different bugcheck if any driver or other system code tried to write to one of these pages directly). That really does only leave hardware failure, either the RAM or the motherboard (or CPU) memory controller:
Code:
Probably caused by : hardware_ram ( ZEROED_PAGE_CORRUPTED )
I didn't include it on this thread but I did ~8 hours of Memtest with no problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 B55
    Motherboard
    M4A78LT-M-LE
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 3850
    Sound Card
    On Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung B1930
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    ST3500418AS 500GB
    ST3400620AS 400GB
    SAMSUNG HD502IJ 500GB
Understood, but a corrupt page on the zero page list could very easily indicate bit flipping by the CPU. As far as I can tell, memory testing software only tests whether or not the machine's RAM can read and write memory without error, and doesn't really tax the memory controller itself to verify it's not at fault. It's never totally out of the question for a driver to cause it, but on the zero list it doesn't seem remotely likely (this list contains memory that has been freed and it's contents zero'ed, then put on the zero page list for further use - it should all be zeros, and none of the pages should be associated with anything at all, so a bugcheck saying one is corrupted is almost always hardware, as no software should be touching these!).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus Hero VII
    Memory
    32GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX970
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 250GB SSD
    4x WD RE 2TB (RAIDZ)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760i
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
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