BongoBit Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Aloha! I have severals BSODs with my new system which is about 3 months old. The first time I installed XP Pro SP2 x64 including all drivers the system ran fine. After 3 or 4 weeks I encountered my first BSOD. After a few days and several reboots it really got worse so I reinstalled the system from scratch but the result was the same. So I tried memtest86+ v2.1 with USB legacy support disabled. The first setup: BIOS settings all on AUTO Memory was detected as DDR2-1066 The results: 1.) although the P5Q Pro detected my Corsair memory as 1066 it was timed to 5-5-5-18 (displayed by memtest) 2.) 15 test errors @ test #3 (5.9xxMB) I got myself on coffee and tested each memory module on each ram bank with no errors while I let the settings to standard (that was a long long night, but sleeping is for... :-) ). The result: not one error. The second setup: Set the voltage to 2.10, the timing to 5-5-5-15 and the frequency to 1066 Put all memory modules back on the banks again The results: 1.) memtest detected the memory as 1068 and 5-5-5-15 2.) not one error for 12 hours of testing I kept this settings and the system ran fine for about 1 week. But since yesterday the BSODs keep coming again. The last one (30 minutes ago) was a "STOP: 0x00000109". Before I fire up memtest again I would like to ask if anyone has a complete(!) guide for all ram settings of the P5Q Pro. Best regards :sunglasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 11, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 11, 2009 I am sorry but we do not have MB specific BIOS settings and With 4 modules I would suggest setting the memory frequency at DDR667 and set the memory Voltage to 2.1 Volts and set the NB/MCH/SPP Voltage to +.2 Volts as well and test the system with http://www.memtest.org. In addition, with some MB's (Mostly ASUS) you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBit Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Problem solved. The "brand new" P5Q Pro was faulty and I allready have a RMA. Both pairs are running fine in another P5Q Pro board. Thread can be closed. Thx for your reply :sunglasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 21, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 21, 2009 NP and thank you for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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