I have some RAM designed for overclocking, as I planned to overclock it if needed in the future, but leave it stock until then. When i first installed the RAM (over a year ago now) I had tons of issues getting it to POST due to my asus maximus formula not supplying enough voltage by default, when I finaly got into the bios and increased the voltage a little, it worked for a while but eventully I got BSODs and found it was a memmory issue, after removing one of the sticks the system is stable again.
I am now starting to think that perhaps the stick of RAM didn't die, but it infact gave BSOD problems because it was undervolted (even though it was above stock motherboard voltage). So my question is, RAM designed for overclocking that has warrenty up to 2.2V, should it actully be ran at those speeds even on stock speeds? Could a lack of voltage cause BSODs with 2 sticks of RAM but be perfectly fine at the same voltage with only 1 stick in? Or am I just being too hopeful that I may be able to recover my 2nd stick of RAM and that it is in fact just corrupted/dead?
I am now starting to think that perhaps the stick of RAM didn't die, but it infact gave BSOD problems because it was undervolted (even though it was above stock motherboard voltage). So my question is, RAM designed for overclocking that has warrenty up to 2.2V, should it actully be ran at those speeds even on stock speeds? Could a lack of voltage cause BSODs with 2 sticks of RAM but be perfectly fine at the same voltage with only 1 stick in? Or am I just being too hopeful that I may be able to recover my 2nd stick of RAM and that it is in fact just corrupted/dead?