Motherboard + RAM Compatibility issues?

norgos

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I'm using Ripjaw's F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=222

The motherboard I'm using is not listed under its "Qualified Motherboards List" on G.Skill's website, but on Gigabyte's website, this particular RAM is compatible.

Mobo is GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 - http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3165

My computer keeps locking up. This can occur anytime while I am surfing the web, typing on word or listening to music. It's very inconsistent and could occur within 3 hours of usage or even after 24 hours of running the computer. I've yet to run it more than 2 days without it lock up on me. I can't really "force" this problem to replicate. I tried looking into eventvwr but there's no log or anything.

- If there's audio, I'd usually hear the last few milliseconds loop.
- Keyboard would lock up, mouse would freeze and I have no choice but to force restart.
- I recently did a BIOS update and it has improved but the computer would still randomly lock itself up.
- Fans would still continuously run normally.

- memtest ran fine
- all speeds are properly set in BIOS for ram and CPU [9x9x9x24 @ 1333]
- No overclocking involved

I can't RMA the board as it has already been past 30 days.

THis is my setup.

CPU INTEL|CORE I5 750 2.66G R
HD 640G|WD WD6401AALS %
PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-550VX 550W RT
MEM 2Gx2|GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
VGA GIGABYTE GV-N95TD3-512I 9500GT
MB GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 P55 RT

The RAM is listed at a speed of 1600 but the board only supports DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800. Could this be one of my issues?

I'm using a coolermaster HAF casing and there's pretty good airflow: I can't feel my power supply overheat or even the motherboard.
 
The RAM is probably not the issue. Test the video card. Oh and you can RMA to the manufacturer.
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