BSOD's

masterk · 30 Dec 2010 at 22:47

Hello all, recently bought two sets of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-190-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

I am running them in an Asus P5K Wifi deluxe with a Q6600 and Corsair HX620W PSU. I seem to be getting a few randomn BSOD's. I have tried manually setting the RAM timings/voltage in the BIOS and setting to auto (seems to set them the same anyway). I also ran Memtest for an hour and a half and found no errors.

Any ideas what else might help to try?

Thanks!

RJC · 30 Dec 2010 at 22:52

Only thing I can think off is increase the MCH (Northbridge) voltage a notch or 2.

Justintime · 30 Dec 2010 at 22:52

What memory voltages are you trying? I'd say give it 1.95-2v.

masterk · 30 Dec 2010 at 23:20

Thanks both I'll try and up the ram voltage first, is it safe to raise it above the 1.8v corsair recommend then? Won't shorten the lifespan or anything? Sorry, memory noob here

Justintime · 30 Dec 2010 at 23:26

Most any DDR2 is fine at 2v, would try 1.9-1.95v first though. I'm sure i've seen corsairs own people recommend 2v for this very RAM in their forums.

Gunslinger · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:47

I've got an ASUS P5E3 Deluxe, and on this board one of the difficulties is running with all 4 slots populated, the restriction is the memory controller, it is more than possible that your board is suffering a similar issue, so as suggested, up the chipset voltage for the motherboard, and if still no joy, then back off the timings DRAM frequency a little.

Just do a little searching regarding the max safe voltage for that motherboards chipset, i know for mine it is not got the greatest cooling, and can suffer because of this

Falcs · 3 Jan 2011 at 16:24

Hi i bought some of this memory day before xmas eve and having exactly the same problem checked both sticks and they are fine put one it at a time and no problems but when i put both in i get random BSOD's one of the errors i noticed said memory management?
Any help would be appreciated also have upped the voltage as recommended to 2.1V but no difference

Jamiman · 3 Jan 2011 at 16:36

I got a few BSODS, pushed on my memory a bit and now its fine

masterk · 5 Jan 2011 at 21:16

Hi all, sorry for not updating, i did what Justintime said and upped the DRAM voltage to 1.9V, *touch wood* it has been ok!

Gunslinger · 5 Jan 2011 at 22:50

glad to hear, and thanks for returning to let us know what worked for you, it will be a help to anyone searching with a similar issue

@Falcs, i know this is related because it is a similar or the same issue you are getting, but i would start a new thread for your problem, listing all relevant info like components etc and then replies will be specifically for you, and help will be offered based on your hardware

Justintime · 6 Jan 2011 at 06:32

Glad it worked out, if it still gets any issues theres nothing wrong with a little extra to 1.95-2v either