New memory causing freeze-ups ?

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Hey as the title says ,

I've bought some new memory and for one reason or another my system seems to freeze up now . It happens on start up (the windows logo freezes) and when I can boot up it happens on the desktop ( the graphics go all shakey?) . A couple of times there's been lines going across my screen when it crashes too , not sure if that means anything .

So to be more specific , my system is a new build , I have :

Overclocked 4670K @ 4.5GHz
Gigabyte Z87-HD3
Corsair H100i
Corsair CX600 PSU

And the RAM thats the new edition is 16GB of Corsair 1600 XMS3

4 x 4GB

I've ran the windows diag test and all came back clear ?
any ideas ?

:(

Thanks
 
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UPDATE :

So I've taken 8GB Ram out to run some more tests (Mem test) and it seems to be running better now . Could this be a case of voltages ? I have most if not all things under RAM on my BIOS set to Auto , is this where I'm going wrong ?
 
Load the XMP profile (found in the advanced memory section of the BIOSS) which will set it all up for you.

If you still have issues then test each stick in turn with MEMtest.
 
Ok tried that , the boot hung on the bios (Gigabyte screen) then crashed on the windows logo screen , 3 times ...

2 sticks seems stable but put four in and it doesen't seem to like it ?

I finally managed to get it to boot with all 4 sticks in ,
tried to attempt memtest with all in ,
and I get the error :

Could not allocate 4095MB ... ?
 
So are all four sticks available in windows? I.e all 16GB is present?

Ive not seen that error myself.


There should not be any issue with having four sticks in use at stock CPU speeds etc, only when attempting high overclocks does four sticks become a burden compared to two as it strains the memory controller more.
 
All 16GB seems to be present ,

My apologies Stulid , I'm a little slow on this stuff , I was using a portable version
of memtest , not memtest86 .

I've downloaded 86 and burned to a CD now , It seems to have found a good few errors !?! 11 so far .

Will the get fixed ? I have to say I'm not massively disappointed as I only paid £50 for all this RAM , none the less , I'm a little p****d off ....

P.S Thank you Stulid for the help and patience , really appreciate it
 
Ok, use memtest86 on each ram stick to find which one (or two) are giving the errors, then at least with corsair there is a lifetime warranty which you need to contact the original owner to sort I think as I dont believe you can do it.
 
Ok tried that , the boot hung on the bios (Gigabyte screen) then crashed on the windows logo screen , 3 times ...

2 sticks seems stable but put four in and it doesen't seem to like it ?

I finally managed to get it to boot with all 4 sticks in ,
tried to attempt memtest with all in ,
and I get the error :

Could not allocate 4095MB ... ?
 
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I have had issues with Corsair Ram myself ....had two different kits neither, would work properly for me ...i was always getting freeze ups and BSOD....so i chose a different ram and not once have i had any issues at all ...no freeze ups no crashing no BSOD...nothing

This was the Corsair Ram i had issues with got two kits of it

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-302-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1390

swapped it for the very same ram.....and again ...freeze ups and blue screens

changed it to this ram , 2 kits ....never had one issues with it at all.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-036-AR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392
 
OK , so I went to go remove the RAM from the system and christ was it hot , still holdable but still pretty damn hot . Could this be a simple setting or voltage ? I'm testing all this at work but this is my pride and joy so taking it home to investigate further. The original owner is kind enough to try and look for his invoice reciept so if it all comes down to it I can return it to Corsair ... ?
 
you'd probably have to rma the whole 16gb ram kit

did you try booting up with one stick at atime to find the faulty module?
 
Yeah the voltages were all spot on and everything else in the BIOS for that matter . I've just got home now , using memtest on each module to find the faulty one . Pretty bummed out :(

Lesson learnt the hard way , don't buy used , untested RAM :( :( :(
 
might need a touch of cpu memory controller voltage for 16gb,xmp won't set that

no idea what its labelled as on haswell though
 
Right this gets stranger and stranger . Tested each individual module and Ta Dah.... all passed ...?

now I'm really confused ....

Any ideas anyone ?
 
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