davekeogh Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Hello, I have 4x4GB Corsair Vengence 1600Mhz DDR (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) in my Sabertooth 990FX R2.0. Initially when I built the system, I was getting many BSODs. I reseated the RAM and everything was fine for a while (~2 months). The instability has returned. I am able to recreate a BSOD by running Sandra against the RAM, when all 4 sticks are present. I have removed two of the sticks of RAM now and the system seems a little more stable. Any advice? I had the RAM set to 1600Mhz in the Bios as it was detected at 1333MHz. Currently RAM voltage is 1.5 volts. Should I raise this to rule out any voltage instability in my PSU (Corsair TX750) Multiple previous runs of Memtest were fine. I can attach a screenshot of the timings the board has if it helps. Regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Currently RAM voltage is 1.5 volts. Should I raise this to rule out any voltage instability in my PSU (Corsair TX750) Yes, and with all four sticks installed on an AMD system you may require anywhere from 1.55v to 1.65v. Start out with 1.55v and only raise it what you need to get the system stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekeogh Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Bumped the voltage to 1.65v, system still unstable. Will BSOD after gaming for a short time. After a BSOD, I immediately run Memtest86+ and on 3 of the occasions I've seen errors being reported. The only problem is, these errors aren't in the same location. Which is what leads me to believe that this is a timings/voltage/mainboard problem. But need to be sure before I RMA the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 As long as your timings match whats on the modules your fine. If you want to verify them, sure, go ahead and post a screenshot. Would be happy to look. You always have the option to RMA the memory if you wish. It might be easier than sending the board off first. Did you test each module one at a time to see if you could narrow it down to any certain stick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekeogh Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Couldn't get a properly repeatable memtest outcome. Decided to swap to something with a little more grunt, so I used Prime95 to iterate through the modules. It's a prime number generator for windows, that is very CPU and memory intensive. One module would cause windows BSODs every time with Prime95. Ran the machine with two of the stable modules all weekend without issue. RMA'd the RAM this morning back to the supplier. Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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