Compatibility questions ..

H3R013 · 16 Feb 2014 at 20:39

Hi,

I have the Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 (rev. 1.1) motherboard and the ram I have is
TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz.

I've been getting random crashes and errors stuff and checked the Gigabyte website and had a look at the list of memories supported by my motherboard.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4802&dl=#

Well, my memory is not on the list, so does this mean I have incompatible memory sticks ?

RJC · 16 Feb 2014 at 20:42

Nope, a lot manufacturers don't keep their lists up-to date.

What speed and voltage are you running the memory at and have you tried running Mem Test?

H3R013 · 16 Feb 2014 at 20:48

everythings at stock speeds.

The only thing I changed was the memory frequency in the BIOS which I set to 2400MHz and the correct timings which are 11-13-13-35 also showed up.

I was getting random crashes, BSOD and random CRC errors. I ran memtest86+ and i got around 296,000 errors

RJC · 16 Feb 2014 at 21:04

Check the memory voltage, it might be at 1.50v ~ have a go at increasing to 1.55 - 1.60.

H3R013 · 16 Feb 2014 at 21:12

yeah I checked the memory voltage in the BIOS and its at 1.65V.

RJC · 16 Feb 2014 at 21:18

It looks like you might have a faulty memory module, try each stick individually and run Mem test and see if one shows up faulty.

H3R013 · 16 Feb 2014 at 21:26

yeah i tried swapping the sticks and also testing one at a time and it showed up with the errors each time.

Sounds like it may be faulty.

btw i'm thinking of getting it exchanged for Corsair ram. Can you let me know if this ram (link below) is compatible with my motherboard which is Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 (rev. 1.1).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-336-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1390

RJC · 16 Feb 2014 at 21:38

I would personally swap with another set or have a look at the Kingston below:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-141-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

But you would need to check the clearance of the cpu cooler, also it might be worth checking the cpu socket for bent pins which can also course issues.

H3R013 · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:20

Hey thanks for the recommendation. Just double checked the motherboard and the cpu socket seems good So it defo seems like bad ram

GefGz · 16 Feb 2014 at 23:33

RAM is by far the most likely component to either be DOA or go wrong at some point, just the nature of the beast really, lucky it's pretty cheap.