Here is my current setup:
Intel Q6600
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
650W Antec PS
9600 GTS graphics card
2(sometimes 4) gig Crucial Ballistix 1066 ram (2.2 volts)
Vista 64 Ultimate dual boot with XP Pro
Here is my problem:
I ran the system for about 3 weeks with 2 gigs of ram with no problems. The ram came back on sale so I decided to buy another 2 gigs. I put the 3rd and 4th gig in the machine and ran memtest for about 10 hours, 0 errors. The first time I actually booted into Vista the machine ran for no more than 30 minutes before it blue screened. I restarted and got a blue screen on restart. I went into XP and got blue screens. After getting blue screens 3-4 (if not more times a day) for 3 days I ran memtest again. This time memtest came up with an insane amount of errors and actually froze itself.
At that point, I began playing around with the configuration. I took out the 3rd and 4th gig of ram and went with the initial 2 gigs that ran fine for weeks. I ran for about 2 hours and started getting blue screens again. I figure it must be the ram so I RMA'd sticks 3 and 4. When I got them back I RMA'd sticks 1 and 2 (so I'm up to 8 different sticks total now).
While waiting for the RMA to come back for sticks 1 and 2, the board ran fine for a little over a week. I figured great, it must've been the ram and when i get my new 3rd and 4th gigs everything will be fine. Again the 1st and 2nd gigs run for about 20 hours with 0 problems. Finally, I get my new 3rd and 4th gigs back. Run memtest first, 0 errors on a 15 hour pass.
I load into Vista and within 10 minutes I get a blue screen. That's basically where I'm at now. Somehow I've got the system stable with just 2 gigs of ram in it but I know the ram is not at fault. I gave the ram to 2 different co workers with semi equivalent systems and they each ran for 3-4 days with 0 blue screens and their systems running 24/7. Each told me that memtest passed 8-10 hour cycles at night with 0 errors.
However, what prompted this post is the fact that I'm now staring at my ram and noticed it is 2.2 volts. In my BIOS I'm set at only +.1 volts (at a previous friends suggestion and with him not realizing they were 2.2 volts either). At +.1 volts am I still running at 1.9 volts and would that cause these blue screens like crazy? Each time the blue screen was a different error as well so I wasn't able to find anything specific in the past.
Should I up my voltage to +.4 to match the actual manufacturers rated voltage to give that a shot? I'd really like to run with 4 gigs stable if I can and I know many others have without a problem.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long read but I wanted to be as precise as possible.
TL:DR
Frequent blue screens on system, just noticed that ram voltage is 2.2v but bios is set at only +.1. Will increasing to +.4 help to resolve blue screens. Have already RMA'd all 4 sticks of ram.
Intel Q6600
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
650W Antec PS
9600 GTS graphics card
2(sometimes 4) gig Crucial Ballistix 1066 ram (2.2 volts)
Vista 64 Ultimate dual boot with XP Pro
Here is my problem:
I ran the system for about 3 weeks with 2 gigs of ram with no problems. The ram came back on sale so I decided to buy another 2 gigs. I put the 3rd and 4th gig in the machine and ran memtest for about 10 hours, 0 errors. The first time I actually booted into Vista the machine ran for no more than 30 minutes before it blue screened. I restarted and got a blue screen on restart. I went into XP and got blue screens. After getting blue screens 3-4 (if not more times a day) for 3 days I ran memtest again. This time memtest came up with an insane amount of errors and actually froze itself.
At that point, I began playing around with the configuration. I took out the 3rd and 4th gig of ram and went with the initial 2 gigs that ran fine for weeks. I ran for about 2 hours and started getting blue screens again. I figure it must be the ram so I RMA'd sticks 3 and 4. When I got them back I RMA'd sticks 1 and 2 (so I'm up to 8 different sticks total now).
While waiting for the RMA to come back for sticks 1 and 2, the board ran fine for a little over a week. I figured great, it must've been the ram and when i get my new 3rd and 4th gigs everything will be fine. Again the 1st and 2nd gigs run for about 20 hours with 0 problems. Finally, I get my new 3rd and 4th gigs back. Run memtest first, 0 errors on a 15 hour pass.
I load into Vista and within 10 minutes I get a blue screen. That's basically where I'm at now. Somehow I've got the system stable with just 2 gigs of ram in it but I know the ram is not at fault. I gave the ram to 2 different co workers with semi equivalent systems and they each ran for 3-4 days with 0 blue screens and their systems running 24/7. Each told me that memtest passed 8-10 hour cycles at night with 0 errors.
However, what prompted this post is the fact that I'm now staring at my ram and noticed it is 2.2 volts. In my BIOS I'm set at only +.1 volts (at a previous friends suggestion and with him not realizing they were 2.2 volts either). At +.1 volts am I still running at 1.9 volts and would that cause these blue screens like crazy? Each time the blue screen was a different error as well so I wasn't able to find anything specific in the past.
Should I up my voltage to +.4 to match the actual manufacturers rated voltage to give that a shot? I'd really like to run with 4 gigs stable if I can and I know many others have without a problem.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long read but I wanted to be as precise as possible.
TL:DR
Frequent blue screens on system, just noticed that ram voltage is 2.2v but bios is set at only +.1. Will increasing to +.4 help to resolve blue screens. Have already RMA'd all 4 sticks of ram.
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