G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL 4GB kit and Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 motherboard.
I've been having various blue screens with this combination, usually associated with resuming from sleep mode, but not always. (Sleep mode is important as this is a HTPC.) This problem has been going on for the past 4 months.
I reinstalled Win 7 64 bit 3 times, made certain all drivers were up to date. The BSOD would start showing up after a couple of days. I have tried a regular 7200 rpm HDD and also an SSD for the OS. I have tried 2 different new power supplies. I then installed Win 8 pro which improved the issue but didn't eliminate it.
The memory is running at default XMP profile 9-9-9-24 2T, 1.5v. I ran Memtest (more than once) over a 12 hour period and it showed no errors, but then a couple of times it generated errors by the thousands as quickly as Memtest started. When that happened I shutdown and re-started and the errors went away. I've tried all slots. Finally, I took my G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB kit (from my gaming computer Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H) and ran it for 2 weeks without issue. I also installed the questionable 4 GB kit in the gaming computer and it ran without issue for the 2 weeks.
It appears that my Z68 motherboard does not work properly with this 4GB kit, but works with the 8 GB kit. I want the 4 GB kit in this motherboard and the 8 GB kit in the gaming computer.
Any suggestions on anything else I can try before I toss the motherboard and ram would be welcome.
I've been having various blue screens with this combination, usually associated with resuming from sleep mode, but not always. (Sleep mode is important as this is a HTPC.) This problem has been going on for the past 4 months.
I reinstalled Win 7 64 bit 3 times, made certain all drivers were up to date. The BSOD would start showing up after a couple of days. I have tried a regular 7200 rpm HDD and also an SSD for the OS. I have tried 2 different new power supplies. I then installed Win 8 pro which improved the issue but didn't eliminate it.
The memory is running at default XMP profile 9-9-9-24 2T, 1.5v. I ran Memtest (more than once) over a 12 hour period and it showed no errors, but then a couple of times it generated errors by the thousands as quickly as Memtest started. When that happened I shutdown and re-started and the errors went away. I've tried all slots. Finally, I took my G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB kit (from my gaming computer Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H) and ran it for 2 weeks without issue. I also installed the questionable 4 GB kit in the gaming computer and it ran without issue for the 2 weeks.
It appears that my Z68 motherboard does not work properly with this 4GB kit, but works with the 8 GB kit. I want the 4 GB kit in this motherboard and the 8 GB kit in the gaming computer.
Any suggestions on anything else I can try before I toss the motherboard and ram would be welcome.
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