Hi memory people. I think I might have some faulty RAM, but I'd like the advice of some more knowledgable folks please.
Recently (the last week or so) my PC has begun crashing, normally with a BSOD, fairly randomly. It could be during boot up, idle, in light use (e.g. Oultook, Chrome) or full load (e.g. Gaming). Every time the reported error in the BSOD and Windows event viewer is different.
To be clear, nothing has changed significantly from a software point of view (I've installed a couple of games is all), and nothing at all has changed from a hardware perspective in the last 8 months.
I tried toning down my OC, but that's made no difference, so I thought I'd test the RAM. Running memtest86+ it's thrown up a ton of errors, typically getting to over 2000 in just the first couple of minutes. After running the test a while I checked the BIOS settings and booted into Windows and realised that it reported I had 8GB RAM but only 4GB useable. I double checked in the BIOS and sure enough, only 4GB reported. I upped the DRAM oltage a little (from 1.50V to 1.55V and suddenly BIOS and Windows reports the full 8GB. RE-ran memtest and still getting a ton of errors, although the actual number varies each time.
The RAM config is 2x4GB corsair vengeance low profile PC3-12800 9-9-9-24, running in slots 1.& 3, and it's running at 802MHz.
So far I haven't gotten around to testing the sticks individually (it's late), but from the info I've given above, can anyone shed any possible light?
Recently (the last week or so) my PC has begun crashing, normally with a BSOD, fairly randomly. It could be during boot up, idle, in light use (e.g. Oultook, Chrome) or full load (e.g. Gaming). Every time the reported error in the BSOD and Windows event viewer is different.
To be clear, nothing has changed significantly from a software point of view (I've installed a couple of games is all), and nothing at all has changed from a hardware perspective in the last 8 months.
I tried toning down my OC, but that's made no difference, so I thought I'd test the RAM. Running memtest86+ it's thrown up a ton of errors, typically getting to over 2000 in just the first couple of minutes. After running the test a while I checked the BIOS settings and booted into Windows and realised that it reported I had 8GB RAM but only 4GB useable. I double checked in the BIOS and sure enough, only 4GB reported. I upped the DRAM oltage a little (from 1.50V to 1.55V and suddenly BIOS and Windows reports the full 8GB. RE-ran memtest and still getting a ton of errors, although the actual number varies each time.
The RAM config is 2x4GB corsair vengeance low profile PC3-12800 9-9-9-24, running in slots 1.& 3, and it's running at 802MHz.
So far I haven't gotten around to testing the sticks individually (it's late), but from the info I've given above, can anyone shed any possible light?
