Motherboard issue? - BSOD with 2 sticks of RAM, fine with 1 stick.

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Hi,

I've been having a BSOD problem for a while now, and for a few months I've been using only 1 stick of RAM (4GB) because this stops the BSOD problem.

I don't think the RAM is the problem because I've tried both sticks seperately, in both slots and there is no BSOD problem.

As soon as I put the 2nd stick in the BSOD problem returns. Could it be an issue with the Motherboard running in dual channel? Perhaps something in BIOS which I'm not aware of?

Thanks for any advice.

Spec:
Win7 64bit
i5 760
8(4)GB DDR3 1600MHz
GTX 470
Samsung 128GB 830
ASUS Xonar D2
ASUS P7P59D-E
OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze'
 
Had a similar issue to the one you described, in the end it turned out to be a fault with the motherboard and the dimm slots. So would suggest you try them on a different board and see if it helps :)
 
Had a similar issue to the one you described, in the end it turned out to be a fault with the motherboard and the dimm slots. So would suggest you try them on a different board and see if it helps :)

Thanks for the reply, it does seem very likely that it's a fault with the motherboard. Unfortunately I don't have a second board to try, might have to pick one up.
 
No overclocks.

I tried upping the Memory Controller voltage to 1.3v (it was 1.1v) and it worked for a while with 8GB RAM but eventually I got the BSOD again :/

Think I need to buy a cheap motherboard to try..
 
No overclocks.

I tried upping the Memory Controller voltage to 1.3v (it was 1.1v) and it worked for a while with 8GB RAM but eventually I got the BSOD again :/

Think I need to buy a cheap motherboard to try..

how much dram voltage?

im running 8gb of ocz ram on an h55 board with i3 540 cpu,im using 1.3v qpi/vtt or cpu mem controller voltage and 1.66v dram voltage

you might need one or two clicks past 1.3v for cpu/vtt depends on your chip
 
how much dram voltage?

im running 8gb of ocz ram on an h55 board with i3 540 cpu,im using 1.3v qpi/vtt or cpu mem controller voltage and 1.66v dram voltage

you might need one or two clicks past 1.3v for cpu/vtt depends on your chip

Hmm might try increasing it slightly then.

My DRAM is 1.65v which is stated on the RAM itself. (Kingston HyperX Grey)

Do you think it's worth upping the DRAM slightly as well?
 
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