new RAM BSOD

Dark88 · 6 Mar 2009 at 20:15

Hi guys, i've just bought some new RAM and now I seem to be getting BSOD every 30 mins of so while playing empire total war any ideas?

Kennysevenfold · 6 Mar 2009 at 20:17

details.? motherboard and ram specifications.?

Katoom · 6 Mar 2009 at 20:18

Voltage for the ram right? And if running 4 sticks the NB could also need a little more volts, failing that try mem test on each stick.

Dark88 · 6 Mar 2009 at 20:21

its a P5N32-e sli board, and the RAM is OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2. Voltage on the RAM is just the default 1.8? and yeh its using 4 sticks now.

Katoom · 6 Mar 2009 at 20:43

According to the shops web page, they they need 1.9-2.1 (when you click on the pic)

Dark88 · 6 Mar 2009 at 21:08

oops sorry just double checked BIOS they were on 2v

Dark88 · 6 Mar 2009 at 22:49

hmm yep its def the RAM, taken it back out and no crashes now

any more suggestions guys?

Katoom · 6 Mar 2009 at 22:51

Mem test each stick, rma if any problems.

Dark88 · 6 Mar 2009 at 23:03

Katoom said:
Mem test each stick, rma if any problems.

sounds like a job for 2moro, will report back with results!

edit: just downloaded mem test. do I just stick all my RAM in and then run it and see if it comes back with any errors?

ste-sim2x9 · 7 Mar 2009 at 07:55

No put one stick in at a time.

Dark88 · 7 Mar 2009 at 10:18

right think its fixed

I was running a really old BIOS... updated to most recent (about 7 versions later) and we're orthos stable for 10 hours.