New i7 build not stable

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:31

Just finished installing Vista, installed programs, started playing COD4 and bsod.

I rebooted and ran Prime while watching temps, all below 50 C but then they all stopped in less than 1 minute.

Currently running at stock.

Core i7-920
Gigabyte X58-UD5
Corsair 6Gb 1333
Nvidia GTX 260
Be Quiet! 850w

Pretty sure I have installed everything, no complaints in device manager.

Any idea's?

Thanks

Helios1234 · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:35

Try turning turbo mode off and see if that helps because I can't get it to work on mine. I'm not at stock though.

postmanfw · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:38

Memtest is always the 1st port of call.

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:41

I have turbo mode off.

I'll try memtest.

RJC · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:43

Does the memory voltage and timmings require setting up

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:54

I left it all on auto, it set to 1.5v, not sure what the timings are at.

Ran memtest in windows and it errored then bsod, faulty ram then?

edit - mem timing is at 8-8-8-20 according to cpu-z. I will slack them off to 9-9-9-24

lunarwolf · 25 Jan 2009 at 22:57

sounds like it

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:13

Tried memtest again after sorting the timing out and still no good. Looks like I will have to RMA

fornowagain · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:16

Do you have Easytune installed? An idea of all the voltages/speeds would help diagnose. As for memory, two voltages to play with, vtt and vdram.

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:29

EasyTune doesn't want to work at all, just installed it rebooted and got an error and it happens the same if I try to start ET6 "GUI MFC Application has stopped working"

fornowagain · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:34

Ah, that'll be Vista 64 then.

Nick1881 · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:36

fornowagain said:
Ah, that'll be Vista 64 then.

Yep

I have sent the RMA to Overclockers anyway. Kinda feel like it was a waste driving over to pick the ram up yesterday now. Now I'm going to be without a pc until I get replacement ram.

wingnuttzz · 25 Jan 2009 at 23:51

1.5v's is too low for the ram

set it to 1.65v's, thats what they are designed to run at (i think, but 1.5v deffo sounds too low)

unfortunally, EasyTune 6 seems to be a hit and a miss on vista 64bit after reading around the web. I too though am one of the ones that can't get it installed

muppetkiller · 26 Jan 2009 at 00:07

1.65 is ment to be max for the i7. Any more then that and intel say it can damage your PC. ON my DDR3 ram it says 1.5v on the side of it.

Nick1881 · 26 Jan 2009 at 09:14

Corsair state 1.5 to 1.6v, it should be able to run stock at 1.5v else its pretty useless.

slowrunner · 26 Jan 2009 at 10:08

On a side note, easytune 6 is working pefectly for me on vista 64, apart from having to confirm that I want it to run.

Also I had to send my first set of corsair RAM back to cali for replacement, took a few weeks but it was pretty painless other than that.

jambus · 26 Jan 2009 at 10:34

Mr X, been seeing your posts popping up about your plans to build an i7 rig, sorry to hear about your ram, hope you get it sorted quickly! At least once you get that sorted you've had your build hiccup and all will be well

Nick1881 · 26 Jan 2009 at 17:50

Thanks guys.

Do you think OcUK will let me have a refund if it is faulty? As I want to order more so I am up and running quicker.

update - today Windows was only showing 4Gb of ram, I removed a stick and then only had 2Gb, swapped with the next stick and now I have 4Gb of ram, I will stability test now and see how it is.

Nick1881 · 26 Jan 2009 at 19:24

Running 2 sticks in dual channel and my system is stable now.