Blue Screen, Memtest86, CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9

[Xerpadon]

Help!,:(:

My current problem: Every so now and then i get a blue screen saying that there was a memory error.

Specs:Amd FX-6100(standard), Sabertooth 990FX(1604Bios) DDR3 1600mhz 16gb (4x4gb) BUT! CMZ24gx3m6a1600c9.(not the CML8GX3M2A1600C9 just mentioning this not sure what the difference is between CMZ & CML).

 

At the time when i bought my computer i bought the CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 The reason would be that i would have extra modules left over and bought CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Extra so i would have another set of 4x4gb for my wifes computer.

Now i have been searching some information about this and came across Memtest86 i used it multiple times the very first time i used it and looked at it was at 59% and had 38 errors 0 passes.

However the second time i rebooted and did it again just from the start when i looked at progression it was at 60% running for almost 2 hours and had 0 errors and 0 passes.

My question would be How reliable is this program?(yes i'm confused.:confused:)

 

How can i pinpoint my problem and how do i figure it out?

I have done other stress test on CPU(with Prime95) but they were fine.

so far it still happens after leaving my computer on for 16~60 hours, it happens on random moments and its bugging the hell out of me.

 

So far i have updated everything, read as much as i could find, and the only thing that caught my attention was that my memory was running under 1333Mhz instead of 1600Mhz since then i have activated my D.O.C.P set it to 1600mhz(i did not touch the voltage) but today i still got a blue screen and hence this post.

 

Anyone had same problems? or perhaps can give me some more things to check out? any form or type of information would be greatly appreciated!!

[peanutz94]

Memtest is very reliable and the only diagnostic program Corsair suggests using to test memory.

Wit that said, i would remove all your memory and test each stick individually in the first slot with the timings and voltages printed on the label of the memory. Let each stick run for about three passes or until you get an error.

 

If they all produce errors , then you have some other issue at hand.. But lets see how they test out first before going any further.

 

Oh and before i forget, the difference between CMZ and CML modules is the "z" moduless are the regular vengeance series...the "l" is LowProfile" which it the exact same memory just a different heat spreader for cramped installations or where a large heatsink is used for the CPU and extra space is needed.

 

t the time when i bought my computer i bought the CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 The reason would be that i would have extra modules left over and bought CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Extra so i would have another set of 4x4gb for my wifes computer.

If you are mixing or using a couple from one set and a couple from another set, this could very well be the root of the problem. Corsair does not suggest or support mixing/combining memory because it is hit or miss at best. Two random set of modules can actually be incompatible with each other. So if this is the case isolate the two sets and test with just one set at a time.

[Xerpadon]

Memtest is very reliable and the only diagnostic program Corsair suggests using to test memory.

Wit that said, i would remove all your memory and test each stick individually in the first slot with the timings and voltages printed on the label of the memory. Let each stick run for about three passes or until you get an error.

 

If they all produce errors , then you have some other issue at hand.. But lets see how they test out first before going any further.

 

Oh and before i forget, the difference between CMZ and CML modules is the "z" moduless are the regular vengeance series...the "l" is LowProfile" which it the exact same memory just a different heat spreader for cramped installations or where a large heatsink is used for the CPU and extra space is needed.

 

 

If you are mixing or using a couple from one set and a couple from another set, this could very well be the root of the problem. Corsair does not suggest or support mixing/combining memory because it is hit or miss at best. Two random set of modules can actually be incompatible with each other. So if this is the case isolate the two sets and test with just one set at a time.

 

Thank you very much, i'll do some more testing in the next couple of days since it takes 3 hours each to just get 1 pass completed.

 

But! i think and i hope i actually have figured it out already, i posted that my clock timings were standard and when they were these were some of the results.

http://i.imgur.com/k0Q4y3z.jpg

Now honest to god i thought that once i installed the ram it would automatically configure it correctly.

 

I overclocked my cpu to 4.1ghz added some voltage and did some stress testing for stability and my scores got much higher then before in stability performance. and this is what happened.

Only cpu speed was increased and the number of error went down.

http://i.imgur.com/IJVUaXA.jpg

 

Now since i Assumed that the voltages were automatically correctly set i didn't even look at the Dram voltage.

Only afterwards i noticed that my Ram voltage was not 1.5000 but it was on 1.4925 Now i upped the voltage to 1.5125.

And this is what happened.

http://i.imgur.com/9rzllBj.jpg

 

I know its only 1 ¾ pass but normally in the first 10 minutes it would say that @6026.6MB there is an error and now it did not.

 

I honestly think it was the voltage shortage, and perhaps the lack of Cpu speed compared to the 1600 mhz ram.

Yesterday i left my computer running on several games at the same time for about 10 hours straight and no crashes or anything.

Could it really be this simple? but i'll be running some longer memtest runs tonight just to make sure.

[peanutz94]

Could it really be this simple? but i'll be running some longer memtest runs tonight just to make sure.

Yep, it sure can be that simple.Most Mb have a tendency to undervolt memory anyway. But if they do not receive the voltage required, they will error.