Memory problems or mb problem? or....

[darkangelamd]

I just built a new computer, and it has some stabilty problems which I thought were becasue of bad memory, but now I'm thinking it's the motherboard. So, it started off with 4x1gb sticks of Ballistix on a Abit IP35, and everyonce and a while it would bluescreen in vista X64 with, irql not less than equal, stuff like that, anyways, so I googled that and it looked like it was a memory error, so I ran memtest and lo and behold lots of errors. So I got new ram, same exact thing, bsod, same errors, ran memtest bad ram again. So extremely frustrated I once again got new ram, same thing......

I have a hard time believeing that three different sets of ram from three different manf. is to blame. But yet everytime I get new ram, it crashes, I run memtest and bam, it says bad ram. Lots of errors from 900-4000+ errors.

So I currently think it's the mb, and requested a rma, but before I send it in I would like others opinions.

Any thoughts?

 

[leSLIe]

hmm u shouldn´t have problems with 4 sticks on a P35, but since it´s an Abit mobo, well their quality is not what it used to be...

well try using only 2 sticks, check your RAM manufacturers website for correct voltage and settings for the RAM, raise the latencies, and disable "USB Legacy support" in the bios then run memtest again and see what happens.

 

[engiNURD]

What voltage are you running the RAM at, and what is your MCH voltage? The RAM is most likely not getting enough juice. Have you tested each stick individually? Or each kit individually?

I had to use 2.3v for 4 Ballistix sticks, with an MCH inrease of +0.2v.

 

[darkangelamd]

Thanks for the replies

hmm u shouldn´t have problems with 4 sticks on a P35, but since it´s an Abit mobo, well their quality is not what it used to be...

well try using only 2 sticks, check your RAM manufacturers website for correct voltage and settings for the RAM, raise the latencies, and disable "USB Legacy support" in the bios then run memtest again and see what happens.

I started out with 4 sticks of 1gb then tried 2 sticks of 2gb. And 2 sticks of 1gb. None of them worked. The only thing that worked was one stick of any of them in bank 1. And only bank one. Any other combo resulted in a bsod nightmare.

Tried the usb thing, same old same old.

What voltage are you running the RAM at, and what is your MCH voltage? The RAM is most likely not getting enough juice. Have you tested each stick individually? Or each kit individually?

I had to use 2.3v for 4 Ballistix sticks, with an MCH inrease of +0.2v.

I was running the ballistix at 2.2v, I'm pretty sure I tried 2.3. nothing. I ran the Gskill ram at 2.1. I used their rated voltages. I've been running the MCH voltage as normal.

I tested each stick individually, and they are all fine as long as it's just one stick in bank 1. 2 sticks any any combo dosen't work, and one stick anywhere but bank one all results in the same BSOD's, and failing memtest.


Thanks again.