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I recently purchased a set of G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory to use with a new GIGABYTE GA-MA78LM-S2H
I have the memory set to default settings (800mhz, recommended timings), yet when I run memtest it comes up with errors every now and then (it rarely comes up with errors on the first pass, but always on 2+). I've tried both sticks individually and together, there's always an error. This is what confused me, because what are the odds of having 2 defective sticks? Also when I use Windows 7 and play intensive games, it occasionally BSOD's.
So I was thinking it might have something to do with the motherboard. I don't think it's the settings because I've had them on default, and I even tried upping the voltage by 0.1 to 1.9v for stability, but it still shows errors.
I'm not really sure what to do from here. How do I test to see if it's the motherboard or the RAM that's defective? I don't have another DDR2 motherboard I can test the RAM in, nor do I have any other DDR2 ram I can test in the motherboard. I'd greatly appreciate some help on how to diagnose this problem further.
I have the memory set to default settings (800mhz, recommended timings), yet when I run memtest it comes up with errors every now and then (it rarely comes up with errors on the first pass, but always on 2+). I've tried both sticks individually and together, there's always an error. This is what confused me, because what are the odds of having 2 defective sticks? Also when I use Windows 7 and play intensive games, it occasionally BSOD's.
So I was thinking it might have something to do with the motherboard. I don't think it's the settings because I've had them on default, and I even tried upping the voltage by 0.1 to 1.9v for stability, but it still shows errors.
I'm not really sure what to do from here. How do I test to see if it's the motherboard or the RAM that's defective? I don't have another DDR2 motherboard I can test the RAM in, nor do I have any other DDR2 ram I can test in the motherboard. I'd greatly appreciate some help on how to diagnose this problem further.
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