Problem with RAM!!!

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 08:58

Hey guys. This is my very first post. I need some help here because i'm little confused. Just purchased my new PC. I own a Powercolor ATI Radeon 4870 1GB graphics card. Installed Far Cry 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. COD works fine (i think it uses only directX9 right?). When i tried to play Far Cry, in the graphics menu i choose directx10 instead of directx 9. As soon as the game starts, image freezes but i can listen through the speakers that i can move the character, fire my weapon etc. After 1 or 2 minutes of wait, i got a blue screen of death and the PC rebooted. That troubled me so i tried directx 9 option instead of directx 10. With directX9 I was able to play normally the game without freezing.

Also, i've tried 3d mark Vantage to perform a benchark 3 times. The first test was for graphics. It frozen after 17 seconds. Had to reset the machine. The second time i tried to benchmark, image frozen after 1 minute in the graphics test. Tried third time and the benchmark didn;t even start. Tried to uninstall and reinstall catalyst drivers, but no difference. Any idea what's wrong? I really need help here.

i have 2*2 GB corsair dominator 1066 MHz installed on my rig. When tested with a friends 4*1 GB XMS 2 800MHz everything runs like a charm. I am almost certain that the ram clock isnt the problem, but the 2*2 GB is. Does anyone know why this happens???????

PLEASE HELP!

GinG · 13 Jan 2009 at 09:05

IS your rg overclocked at all?

Or is your Ram running the correct voltage that it should be ran at?

Tried the latest gfx card drivers & bios on your system?

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 09:13

gfx drivers ans bios yes is the latest. How i check voltage if it's ok? The weird is that with my RAM system is unstable, but with friend's ram everything is ok

ConTRo13R · 13 Jan 2009 at 09:15

tried with just one stick of ram in

GinG · 13 Jan 2009 at 09:16

IS your system overclocked?

Download cpuz, this will tell you what voltage your ram runs at. The dominator may need more juice than your mates hence why it is unstable.

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 09:32

The only thing that is overclocked is slighlty the CPU. I use six engine progrm of ASUS. Instead of 3.16 i run at 3.22 Ghz. Ok i'll check voltages in the afternoon and post my answer to get some help

Jamesdavid3 · 13 Jan 2009 at 10:09

you could take the bios battery out and it restarts everything, worked for me lol

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 10:39

any other opinions please?

Cob · 13 Jan 2009 at 11:42

Have you tried each stick on its own yet?

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 11:57

No, not really. Is this really nescessary?

Cob · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:00

Yes.

You have to determine if you have a dodgy stick.

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:02

ok i'll try one by one. Does it matter in which dimm slot i'm going to insert the sticks?

Cob · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:13

Personally I would try each stick in every slot. That way you can also rule out a dodgy slot.

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:14

ok thank you. I'll try this.

BUT, the slots seem to be ok. When i tried 4 X 1GB ram as i stated above, everything went like a charm

ConTRo13R · 13 Jan 2009 at 13:41

goblinapoel said:
ok thank you. I'll try this.

BUT, the slots seem to be ok. When i tried 4 X 1GB ram as i stated above, everything went like a charm

Well the you have dodgy ram dont you

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 13:42

i'll find out as soon as i get home. I'll test both dimms by themselves

goblinapoel · 13 Jan 2009 at 16:43

Guys, performed a benchmark with only one dimm. Everything was ok. Performed second test with only the other dimm and suddenly BLUESCREEN. Maybe is a faulty dimm?

Speed · 13 Jan 2009 at 17:05

Run Memtest86 on the one you suspect that is faulty. That will pretty much confirm what you already know.

http://www.memtest.org/

Admiral Huddy · 13 Jan 2009 at 17:07

Process of elimination is your friend

goblinapoel · 14 Jan 2009 at 10:31

memtest DIDN'T confirm. But as i said before, when i use it alone, PC and programs crash