Abit IP35 memory problem

sychnant · 7 Feb 2010 at 13:52

I have been getting a BSOD recently and assumed it was graphics related
but i think it must be MB related instead.My pc ran for nearly 2 years with only 2 sticks of 1Gb memory without a problem. I updated the memory to 4x 1gb sticks a couple of months ago and its only in the last month that i have had problems.. Done MEM test on all 4 sticks AOK i can run any combination of sticks in slots 1+3 and 2+4 no problem but a soon as i try running on 4 sticks Bam.. not always right away but as soon as i try to game.
I always had my mem volts at 2.00 and tried at 2.1 v and also upped the Vmch settings to 1.29 v and even 1.33 briefly with no luck.
Any advice appreciated Sychnant
PS. all memory is matched OCZ

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 4GB (4x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2
EVGA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Superclocked "Crysis Edition" GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E802-AR-CrysisUK)
HD 1.Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
HD 2.Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Corsair HX620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU(CMPSU-620HXUK)

VaderDSL · 7 Feb 2010 at 14:01

I have a fairly similar setup to yourself and I did used to have problems running 4 sticks, I run my RAM at 2.2v and like you had to increase the other voltages like the MCH etc.

I hadissues when pushing my overclock, so sat at 8*400 now iirc, maybe it's that?

sychnant · 7 Feb 2010 at 15:23

Thanks Vader, i have no Overclock on CPU at the moment but i used to run at 2.9 with no prob and always low temps on all 4 cores.. 33 when idle 45 when gaming .

chipps101 · 7 Feb 2010 at 15:24

i'd try 2.2v on the memory and see if that helps, if not you'll have to get 2 x 2gb sticks.

Phil2008 · 7 Feb 2010 at 16:28

My ip35 pro was happy going from 4gb to 8gb of mem, and I never even put the fsb back to stock speed first(9x400), I just slapped it in and it worked first time. The mem volts stayed the same at 1.9v too

sychnant · 11 Feb 2010 at 13:33

I have upped the memory V to 2.2v and the Mch to 1.33 and no BSOD so far,all games (MW2 etc ) play ok (about 30 mins play max CPU temp on all cores 47degrees) Bit of a noob question but is upping the Volts likely to do any long term harm to the memory or cause other MB problems?
Thanks again for your advice
UPDATE>>> just got a BSOD again.. looks like its back to the drawing board.. bummer :-(

Also just removed the memory and looked at the bios settings and they were Mem 2.0 v and MCH 1.25 again and i KNOW i saved the settings at the higher voltages before exiting the bios earlier. How could they change back? Weird