New RAM showing errors in Memtest

Jimi · 18 Jul 2010 at 09:49

Hey guys, built my new PC yesterday and decided to run Prime over night at stock to make sure every is alright, but it BSOD after an hour. Just ran Memtest and it failed after a couple of minutes.

Just gone into the CMOS and the voltage is set to auto and it's at 1.5v. I've got OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 and in the specifications it says 1.65 volts. Is that the maximum it can handle or it's normal operating voltage?

Jimi · 18 Jul 2010 at 10:34

Okay, I increased the voltage to 1.660 (there isn't a 1.65) and manually put in the timings (9,9,9,20) and everything seems okay thus far. Fingers crossed.

Jimi · 18 Jul 2010 at 21:37

Yeah, the memory's going back, can't even play games, just crashes.

Any recommendations?

Jimi · 18 Jul 2010 at 22:11

Cool, thanks for the advice guys. Think I'll go for the Patriot.