Spork13 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hi. I have this ram (2x2 Gb modules) and I'm aware it won't run @ 1600 MHz on my particular MB (found that out after purchase...) Thats's OK. I have it set @ 1333MHz 7-7-7-20 timings and 1.81v. Thought it was all good - my system can prime all night and pass 30+ mins of LinX / IBT. Ran Memtest last night. Have run it for short periods before, but never for very long, over an hour to get %100 "coverage" running 2 instances (1 per core). CPU was running cool, NB temps were good. One instance finished %100 with zero errors ... but the other one reported 2 x errors @ (I think) %95 and %97 of memory tested, and told me I should fix this, but didn't suggest how... 1) As these errors were in almost the last "bit" tested - will they only occur if my system is using all available RAM? 2)Might this be why my comp very occasionally freezes when gaming? 3)How can I "fix" it - don't really want to buy new ram, and as I originally thought I could run these @ 1600, not to keen in slowing down to less than 1333... Loosen the timings? Up the voltage? What should I do? edit - not memtest86+ that most use - this (windows based) one. http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 1, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 1, 2009 Please use http://www.memtest.org to test the memory any program running in Windows will only be as reliable as Windows it self. And do not change any of the test parameters just use the default tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork13 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 OK. Got a couple days off, will burn a disk and try that one. Thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork13 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Done (just the 1 run so far) with 0 errors. :) Will let it go overnight just to be sure. My memory's as good as I thought it was. (The corsair modules that is, I forget lots of stuff personally) Thanks for your help and patience Ram Man - you must have gone through the same thing with 100's - 1000's of other n00bs before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 2, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 2, 2009 No worries please let me know if you have any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork13 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Passed 20+ runs 0 errors. Tempted to try tightening the timings further. I know memory running at high frequencies often needs more volts. Is the same true for lower latencies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 2, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 2, 2009 Yes and just don't go over 2.0 Volts for the memory but if you are over clocking the CPU adjusting the CPU and chipset voltage will do more then the memory Voltage alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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