Help needed.

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 15:23

its usually first slot empty from cpu socket install a stick next slot empty install a stick

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 15:31

Nearest my processor is a blue slot Ram
White 0
blue slot Ram
White 0
But i just ran a test again and my 2 blue slots are running 2 different hz and timings.
Both White slots are different too.
Weird?

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 15:32

Nearest my processor is a blue slot Ram
White 0
blue slot Ram
White 0
But i just ran a test again and my 2 blue slots are running 2 different hz and timings.
Both White slots are different too.
Weird?

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 15:35

are both ram sticks the same make/model?

its the white slots for 2 ram sticks on gigabyte boards,then all four slots if you have four ram sticks

download cpu-z and post pic of the spd and memory tabs

EDIT: open three lots of cpu-z and take pics of slot 2 and 4 like this

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 15:41

Ok mate, i'll get cpu-z bbl

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 16:00

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Like this?
Gigabyte likes to confuse things i think, what would be slot 3+4 to me is 1+2 to gigabyte

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 16:10

looks ok to me,both sticks are the same make/model

as long as they are in the white slots then that's right

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 16:30

They are both in the white slots, i wonder why memtest was giving different results, any idea why this pc keeps crashing? Had two bsods starting up the pc to d/load cpu-z.

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 16:57

have you tried manually setting dram voltage from 1.5v to 1.55v?

im only guessing at memory related but you have to go through each thing,it could be low cpu voltage

ukpete · 19 Oct 2013 at 17:51

So i just go into bios and up the voltage to 1.55v on ram, do i need to alter anything else?
It's the weirdest crashing, i played bf4 beta for 4 hours and everything was fine, today it takes 3 attempts to boot up, other times it'll boot fine and then die when firefox opens or i move the mouse, Most times it starts up, gets to desktop then bsods and continues a loop.
SO we've ruled out the memory being dodgy now?
I'm sorry if i come accross as a ****, i am one but i'm also very puzzled

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 18:35

its hard to say what it is

a cold boot is usually memory/voltage related and it crashes from cold,once warmed up (the pc) its fine

either memory or cpu voltage related imo or cpu northbridge

ukpete · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:00

Many thanks for your help here wazza300 and you hit the nail on the head it seems, one of my memory sticks is knackered.
I took out one stick, ran it in slot 1 or amd 0 whichever, got a bsod, swapped the same stick into slot 3 or amd2 and had another bsod.
Swapped memory sticks and repeated and no crashes.
I'm taking the pc to a mates today, he owns a pc shop and said he'll have a mooch through this thing.
Once again thanks wazza300 your the only person who bothered themselves with a numpties questions

Kudos to you mate.

wazza300 · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:03

ahh that's good then,maybe you can rma both sticks for another set? usually ram has a lifetime warranty

ukpete · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:17

Hope so, im chatting to customer services atm so hopefully I can soon get this pc running as its supposed to, its a good system, runs bf4 beta at 60fps on win7x64 and 80fps on win8, all with standard settings and a busted mem stick