timmmy Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I recently received my new evga 680i A1 board and now my memory is giving errors in memtest and blue screens in XP. I am running an e6400@3.2 Ghz and have the memory synced with a 1600mhz fsb. Running ram timings at 5-5-5-18 at 1.9 volts. I Keep getting 2 errors at the same spot in memtest during test 5. Orthos passes for 5 hours and then bsod. Any suggestions? http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5767/memtestez2.th.jpg"]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5767/memtestez2.th.jpg[/url] system specs E6400@3.2 temps @53C under a load, 33C idle TWIN2X2048-6400 evga 680i A1 evga 8800 gts toughpower 750 power supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 13, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 13, 2007 Please make sure that you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard and then load optimized defaults and set the Memory Voltage to 1.9 volts and then set the timings to 5-5-5-12 (CAS-tRCD-tRP-tRAS) and then test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org! Please allow memtest to run 2-3 passes on each module. If you still get errors, we will be happy to replace them! However, if you get errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem and I would test them in another system or MB to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmy Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 I did what you said and both sticks test fine by themselves. Although as soon as I put them both in the errors start again. I ran orthos overnight and it showed no errors this time. I have noticed that memtest does not identify my chipset or ram speed and timings as usual. Does anyone know if memtest fully supports the newest revision of the 680i? I starting to think it can't as now everything seems stable in windows, but with just a couple errors in memtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 14, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 14, 2007 Are you using http://www.memtest.org Version 1.70 and I would try and set the memory Voltage to 2.0 Volts and see if that helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmy Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 At 2.0v it had even more errors, so as a last ditch effort I set it at 1.925 and completed 6 passes error free.:biggrin: Thanks for the ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2007 That would suggest some type of power problem please test them one at time to make sure its not one of the modules causing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmy Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 I did test them one at a time and neither had any errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 15, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 15, 2007 I would suggest testing the memory in another system to see if the problem follows the memory to be sure but it sounds like there is some problem with your PSU or MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmy Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share Posted August 18, 2007 Unfortunately, I don't have another system to test with or know anyone else with a modern system. I'm going to guess it is a voltage regulation issue with the board since there are forum topics covering this elsewhere. Most solutions a based around changing the thermal paste on the voltage regulator heatsink, which I will try when I get some ceraminque later. My system is now stable with Memtest and Orthos now, so I'm happy to be at my 3.2ghz overclock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 21, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 21, 2007 Good news then please let me know if you have any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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