obsidiannl Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I recently purchased a maximus III formula motherboard and placed an i7 870 processor and 4gb of corsair memory; article nr. TW3X4G1333C9A. First time i booted the system under system defaults (bios) it crashed when loading the desktop of Windows 7 (64-bits). The system rebooted and gave BSOD screens with the message: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT 0x01A. I also got the BSOD with the message page fault in nonpaged area and system service exception. I didnt write down the error codes for these messages. The errors happened when the memory ran on its defaults timing and voltage: 9-9-9-24 and 1.5v. The system does not always crash when loading the desktop of windows sometimes it will not even get to load windows and it reboots. I got the system to run by running the auto tuning oc profile (good performance) in the bios. Windows booted up, with no errors, and i even played games (Crysis) and the system never crashed or anything, so overheating is basically ruled out. With the auto tuning profile the memory runs with 1.65v. The weird is, when i get the pc to work and when i even reboot the system, no errors occur. But when i shutdown the pc and i boot up the pc the next day ill get the bsod's of memory_management and page fault in nonpaged area. Or the pc reboots without any bsods. I tested the memory with memtest. No errors and 3 passes. So i think the memory modules are unstable with this motherboard. But the memory is on Corsair's memory support list for the maximus III formula. http://www.corsair.com/configurator/product_results.aspx?id=1092663#other_modules. Edit: I installed the HDD with the sata cable that came with my old motherboard. I think its pretty harmless but maybe you guys will say otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacii21 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 hi did you upgraid your bios to the last version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidiannl Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 I upgraded the bios using the asus utility in Windows and i chose the most recent bios version. I think it was v. 1803, but i will check it again. Edit: Bios version is: Version 1801 Description Maximus III Formula 1801 BIOS 1. Improve memory compatibility 2. Improve system stability I will update it to 2001. Maximus III Formula 2001 BIOS 1. Improve system stability 2. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us 2010/08/27 update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidiannl Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 ok, i have updated the bios to the newest version. Pc booted up with no errors. Dram is running on its defaults timings and voltage. Now, i just have to see if this setup will keep running stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidiannl Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Ok, bios update didnt solve the BSOD's. Now today i will receive some other ddr3 modules who are on the QVL of the asus maximus formula. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidiannl Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 I installed some other ddr3 modules and the pc booted up without errors or any bsod. Now i have rebooted the pc a couple of times and no errors occured. Time will tell now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E46Johnny Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Adjusting up the voltages in bios could help if the problem re occurs. The default settings is some times not high enough fore some CPUs and ram modules to be stable. Using the OC setting probably raised the voltages enough, so the system became moor stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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