Corsair Arctic White Vengeance Problem..

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I have the Arctic White Vengeance and I have 4 x 4gb sticks in my windows 7 64bit machine.

It says that they run at a low voltage of 1.35v however I cant get them to run at 1600mhz at 1.50v..

1333mhz at 1.5v seems fine .. I can't even get them to run stable on 1333mhz at 1.35v

Does anyone have any ideas on that??? I mean what would I be able to push thru it safely...

Thanks Guys
 
Have you tried running just two sticks at 1600MHz @ 1.35V?

If you have test to see if individual sticks will run at the optimum spec @ 1.35V - or even 1.5V.

If they still don't run at spec in pairs or single setup i would rma them to the retailer, if still under 1 year warranty, or directly to Corsair.

If your only having problems when running all four sticks post back.

EDIT: How are you setting up the memory when testing for optimum spec - XMP or manually?

Although the below looks pretty damning:

Kingy1968 said:
I can't even get them to run stable on 1333mhz at 1.35v
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Sandybridge and Ivybridge do not support 1.35v RAM, however it should still work.

I had a problem running 1.35v on mine, i'd put it more down to the memory than the setup. Corsair just told me to run at 1.5v... great!
 
horrorwood said:
Sandybridge and Ivybridge do not support 1.35v RAM, however it should still work.

I had a problem running 1.35v on mine, i'd put it more down to the memory than the setup. Corsair just told me to run at 1.5v... great!
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I still havnt tried the above tests as yet, but I did try and run it at 1.5 at 1600 and it just bombs out...... For example when unpacking rar files it would say that they were corrupt even after a repair.... Tried to unpack the same files on 2 different machines in the house and unpacked perfectly.......

Will try the previous comments test ideas this weekend.....
 
Hi again...

I removed 2 sticks of the ram and then tried the above suggestions and at 1600mhz at 1.35v and I am still experiencing problems.
I bumped the voltage to 1.5v and still the same problem.
I then changed it from 1600mhz to 1333mhz and it worked perfectly.

I then took out the two sticks of ram and out the other 2 in to check those and exactly the same problem until I reduce it to 1333mhz..

One of the problems I am having for example when running at 1600mhz is when trying to unpack some rar files... If i run quickpar the rar files say there is no repair needed, but when unpacking them it says there are crc errors in some of the rar files..
However if i run the memory at 1333mhz then it unpacks just fine....

Does anyone have any ideas now on this strange problem??

See my sig for system specs and speed..

P.S Forgot to add ive also tried the XMP profile setting as well to no avail
 
Ideally, you should be running memtest from a bootable iso to check for errors - as this will pinpoint the memories weakness. It's also more conclusive as it's a simpler program - i.e. Windows wont be muddying the results. If it fails in memtest then it's almost certainly a memory problem. Be it the sticks themselves or the board/CPU. But it'ts usually the memory.

Your board supports 12800 memory and so should run the memory quite happily at 1600MHz. However, if it's not on the 'memory support list' it may be wise to test it in another rig before rmaing. But the reality is that they should work at recommended spec especially at 1.5V.

Have you flashed to the latest BIOS - or reset the BIOS etc?

Also, when you test are testing at stock 2500 settings? (i.e. dropping the clock).

Ahd have you tried just a singular stick to rule out dual channel issues?
 
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Plec said:
Ideally, you should be running memtest from a bootable iso to check for errors - as this will pinpoint the memories weakness. It's also more conclusive as it's a simpler program - i.e. Windows wont be muddying the results. If it fails in memtest then it's almost certainly a memory problem. Be it the sticks themselves or the board/CPU. But it'ts usually the memory.
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Have done... If i run it at 1333 then memtest is ok... put it at the 1600 and it fails...

Plec said:
Have you flashed to the latest BIOS - or reset the BIOS etc?
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I have the latest bios on... Ive even reset it and set it up again ...


Plec said:
And have you tried just a singular stick to rule out dual channel issues?
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No I havnt
 
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as suggested above you should be running a basic memory test such as memtest before you attempt to boot into and nuke your operating system.

also check your processor specs maybe your at the limits of your memory controller. i think sandybridge is specced to 1333mhz ram speed anything higher is overclocking and not guaranteed.

seems your a noob at this stuff hence why your getting so many issues and problems. you should just run your "Crucial Vengeance":rolleyes: ram at stock speeds.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
as suggested above you should be running a basic memory test such as memtest before you attempt to boot into and nuke your operating system.

also check your processor specs maybe your at the limits of your memory controller. i think sandybridge is specced to 1333mhz ram speed anything higher is overclocking and not guaranteed.

seems your a noob at this stuff hence why your getting so many issues and problems. you should just run your "Crucial Vengeance":rolleyes: ram at stock speeds.
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1. If you read my post above I do say that I have tried memtest and what speeds I have tried.

2. There are also others on here running the same memory at 1600 on SB with the same board at 1.35v.

3. I've never had any memory problems like this before when ive built previous machines etc....

4. Why would you think that I am a noob?? I've even spoke to the tech support at OC and gave them bios settings etc and they too have no idea why its not stable... They do suggest that it could be intermittent faulty memory..
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The i5 2500k does not support 1600mhz memory, however it should still work like I said earlier.

I'd recommend trying one stick at a time at 1600mhz and see if you can narrow it down to one stick (or several) being faulty.

Or you can post on the corsair forums, they are pretty helpful.
 
horrorwood said:
The i5 2500k does not support 1600mhz memory, however it should still work like I said earlier.

I'd recommend trying one stick at a time at 1600mhz and see if you can narrow it down to one stick (or several) being faulty.

Or you can post on the corsair forums, they are pretty helpful.
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Just tried some different memory that my m8 bought round and all worked perfectly with his Dominator in my machine at 1600mhz..

He has now taken mine with him and hes gonna try my Vengance in his later on..

Will post results later....
 
right just an update ....

m8 has tried my memory on his machine and is having the same sort of problem..

Not all the while but again intermittently..

Hes also ran memtest as the first time he did it it was throwing up loads of errors at 1600mhz....

Runs it at 1333 and all is ok on several reboots..

Called OC and they said if i send it back and theres no errors their end then they will just send it back....

As i said its not throwing any errors at 1333 so it look like im gonna have to run it at that speed....

If anyone has any other ideas then im all ears...

Cheers guys
 
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