Help!!!

Hi guys

I have RAM related problem (I think) and posting in this section as memory section gets far less attention. I am typing from another PC. I have the following mobo and Ram:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2951#ov

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817


Early on I took apart my PC for cleaning and to apply fresh TIM. When all was done I turned on PC and noticed Bios and POST screen showing Ram as 3.5GB instead of 4GB. While windows was loading up, suddenly I got the BSOD screen displaying the following error message:

Page Fault in NonPaged Area

Then I removed both sticks from mobo and decided to test each stick into all 4 slots and running memtest 86+ v 4.20. For both sticks in all slots, memtest failed within 2sec.

Luckily I had my older corsair ram. I then used each of the corsiar stick into all 4 slots and ran memtest again. Unfortunately memtest again fails within 2 sec displaying some 16000 errors!!

Now it can't be just a coincidence that both Kingston and Corsair rams which were only running fine till yesterday fail miserably in all 4 slots. I was testing all the sticks at default settings.

I can't boot into Windows 7 64bit.

Could it be that memory controller (Northbridge chipset) somehow became corrupted. It has passive heatsink as seen and becomes very hot when running my PC especially an overclocked [email protected] system.

Or the Ram slots have become faulty or even Bios itself? The Bios update is F11 which latest update. The mobo does have dual bios feature.

I bought the Gigabyte mobo from competitor last year. If the ram slots are faulty, can I RMA my mobo directly to Gigabyte?

Any suggestions guys?

Many Thanks

As you changed the TIM you may have warped the Mobo when refitting the HSF which can effect the memory slots (seeems too coincidental - esp given your other memry tests).

As this was the last thing you did i would reseat the cooler and make sure you follow the diaganol approach of tightening the screws as you fit it. Hopefully, your slots will come back to life.

Good luck.

Have you tried running the RAM at stock settings? You mentioned the system is overclocked

Plec said:

As you changed the TIM you may have warped the Mobo when refitting the HSF which can effect the memory slots (seeems too coincidental - esp given your other memry tests).

As this was the last thing you did i would reseat the cooler and make sure you follow the diaganol approach of tightening the screws as you fit it. Hopefully, your slots will come back to life.

Good luck.

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It worked fine after following the procedure plus inserting the Ram sticks further down into ram slots which I think I didn't do last time.

As the cooler is Thermalright IFX-14, it is one heck of a heavy air cooler and does bend the mobo slightly inward.

Ran memtest and the ram sticks passed it at both DDR2 800MHz and DDR2 1066MHz on 1.8V

WingZero30 said:

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It worked fine after following the procedure plus inserting the Ram sticks further down into ram slots which I think I didn't do last time.

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Thanks - i'm glad it proved to be a relatively painless solution.

The Thermalright IFX-14 is a mighty piece of kit - the HS plus fans must make the overall weight pretty substantial.

I'm considering getting the Silver Arrow, as it's geting great reviews, but my PCB is a little on the thin side so warping would be a slight concern - it's the only down side to the budget MSI P67A-C45, for me.