Memory causing BSOD - why?

Bluecube · 6 Apr 2016 at 20:31

I installed 2x8Gb sticks of Kingston Fury X 1866Mhz DDR3 into my PC. Previously I ran it with two unmatched sticks of Kingston memory, one running at 1333Mhz and the other rated at 1600Mhz but running at 1333Mhz. I had no problems. However, since installing the new sticks, I have loads of BSODs with error messages that were rarely the same. My motherboard doesn't support 1866Mhz sticks and was running them at 1600Mhz - would this be an issue? And if not, is the memory knackered?

TheMadDutchDude · 6 Apr 2016 at 20:54

Were the other sticks 8GB as well or 4GB?

What is the rest of your system made up of? Which CPU and motherboard?

Bluecube · 6 Apr 2016 at 21:23

They are 4Gb sticks.

The rest of the system is a 4790T running on an Asus H81M-A. GPU is an Asus (I think) 280x 3Gb.

Danny75 · 6 Apr 2016 at 23:00

The mobo not supporting 1866 shouldn't be an issue. The system may just not like one of the automatic timings.

Try 1600MHz, 2T-10-10-10-28-230, 1.5v. If that works, can start trimming from there.

If it doesn't, I'd Memtest them for errors.

P4Clock · 7 Apr 2016 at 03:48

the ram with the slower STOCK timings need to go in master slots, normal 2 and 4. you system will then set all ram to run at the slower timing.
this will stop the slower ram from running outside of its rated settings.

test one stick at a time going to bios and making a note and all the timing not just the 4 listed on the sticks, most bios's will shows around 15 timing for ram.

DO NOT SET XMP.... manualy set ram to 1600Mhz, and do not change any timings

Danny75 · 7 Apr 2016 at 04:14

P4Clock said:
the ram with the slower STOCK timings need to go in master slots, normal 2 and 4. you system will then set all ram to run at the slower timing.
this will stop the slower ram from running outside of its rated settings.

test one stick at a time going to bios and making a note and all the timing not just the 4 listed on the sticks, most bios's will shows around 15 timing for ram.

DO NOT SET XMP.... manualy set ram to 1600Mhz, and do not change any timings

It's a two DIMM slot motherboard. So he must be running only the new kit not all four sticks.

Bluecube · 7 Apr 2016 at 09:38

As Danny75 said I was only running the new RAM.

Thanks for the help. I RMA'd the memory just in case it was actually faulty but will be getting some more. I think I'll just get 1600Mhz stuff given the issues I've had.

Thanks for the advice.