I have seen on this board that these ram modules should be compatible with this motherboard even though they are not technically on the compatibility list, so I got them to go along with the following:
Asus M4A88TD-V Evo Motherboard
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T processor
2x4gb G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
Antec 750w PSU
Sapphire ATI 5770 Video Card
Everything is stock, brand new as of Nov 2010, nothing is OC'ed. I am using stock heatsinks on all. RAM settings are:
9-9-9-24, 2T
DRAM Freq 669.6 mhz per CPU-Z
NB Freq 2008.9 mhz
I know this is long, but I figure it's best to give you the whole story.
The back story:
I put the system together in the beginning of November, it booted first time no problem. I installed windows and used the system for 3 days, then I started getting random BSOD's. The BSOD's indicated memory issues, so I ran Memtest again and the memory passed still. However, over the next 12 hours the BSOD's became more frequent, and eventually the system would not post. The MemOK light was solid red, so I pressed it and held it until it began blinking. This would allow the system to post, but Windows would randomly freeze.
At one point it ran 6 SuperPi's fine for over an hour, but when I closed them and started browsing the web it rebooted. Temps were fine the entire time, and I was not OC'ing. Everything in the BIOS was left untouched, voltage was stock at 1.50v and timings were stock at 9-9-9-24. I swapped the sticks between DIMM's, reseated them, etc - nothing seemed to work.
Once the system became too unstable to use windows for more than 5 minutes without crashing I ran Memtest again, and this time both sticks threw errors. Once I accumulated over 3,000,000 errors I RMA'ed the sticks.
Now:
I got the new sticks back from Newegg and put them in the computer. It immediately posted - good news. Windows loaded, but had corruption issues. I was not surprised due to the amount of crashes I had before, so I reinstalled Windows.
The system ran great for 12 hours, didnt crash under stressful load, or at idle. Then it started BSOD'ing again. I am not the luckiest person in the world, but I didnt think I got two sets of bad RAM modules in a row, but ran Memtest anyways. These sticks passed, so I decided maybe the processor/heat sink interface wasnt good and maybe this was causing the memory errors. I popped the heatsink loose, wiggled it, and locked it back down. The system booted and ran fine all night. However, the next day while I was at work, it froze and upon reboot windows had a registry corruption preventing it from loading.
Now I was trying to reinstall windows again, but the installer would freeze at random points. Sometimes after loading, once just after I formatted the hard drive, and other times in between. After a few attempts the system would now no longer post, so I removed both sticks, then put just 1 back in. The system posted fine. I removed the stick and replaced it with the other stick. Again, it posted fine. I put both in, and the MemOK light came on. I held it, but the system would not post.
I went back to 1 stick, installed windows, installed drivers, then tried installing the second stick again. No luck. I figured if it won't work in dual channel, it might work in single channel - and it does. It has ran for almost 24 hours now without problems. From what I have experienced, that doesn't mean it's fixed. I have thought it was fixed multiple times, from reseating the heatsink, to swapping between slots, turning of USB3.0 in the BIOS, etc. However, it seems as soon as I get these stable, they only run for about 12-72 hours before crashing and sometimes causing file corruption.
I would like to get the sticks working in dual channel again, or at least determine why they won't work in dual channel, but last time I tried the system would not even post. Let me know if you have any suggestions or need some info I did not post. Thank you.
Asus M4A88TD-V Evo Motherboard
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T processor
2x4gb G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
Antec 750w PSU
Sapphire ATI 5770 Video Card
Everything is stock, brand new as of Nov 2010, nothing is OC'ed. I am using stock heatsinks on all. RAM settings are:
9-9-9-24, 2T
DRAM Freq 669.6 mhz per CPU-Z
NB Freq 2008.9 mhz
I know this is long, but I figure it's best to give you the whole story.
The back story:
I put the system together in the beginning of November, it booted first time no problem. I installed windows and used the system for 3 days, then I started getting random BSOD's. The BSOD's indicated memory issues, so I ran Memtest again and the memory passed still. However, over the next 12 hours the BSOD's became more frequent, and eventually the system would not post. The MemOK light was solid red, so I pressed it and held it until it began blinking. This would allow the system to post, but Windows would randomly freeze.
At one point it ran 6 SuperPi's fine for over an hour, but when I closed them and started browsing the web it rebooted. Temps were fine the entire time, and I was not OC'ing. Everything in the BIOS was left untouched, voltage was stock at 1.50v and timings were stock at 9-9-9-24. I swapped the sticks between DIMM's, reseated them, etc - nothing seemed to work.
Once the system became too unstable to use windows for more than 5 minutes without crashing I ran Memtest again, and this time both sticks threw errors. Once I accumulated over 3,000,000 errors I RMA'ed the sticks.
Now:
I got the new sticks back from Newegg and put them in the computer. It immediately posted - good news. Windows loaded, but had corruption issues. I was not surprised due to the amount of crashes I had before, so I reinstalled Windows.
The system ran great for 12 hours, didnt crash under stressful load, or at idle. Then it started BSOD'ing again. I am not the luckiest person in the world, but I didnt think I got two sets of bad RAM modules in a row, but ran Memtest anyways. These sticks passed, so I decided maybe the processor/heat sink interface wasnt good and maybe this was causing the memory errors. I popped the heatsink loose, wiggled it, and locked it back down. The system booted and ran fine all night. However, the next day while I was at work, it froze and upon reboot windows had a registry corruption preventing it from loading.
Now I was trying to reinstall windows again, but the installer would freeze at random points. Sometimes after loading, once just after I formatted the hard drive, and other times in between. After a few attempts the system would now no longer post, so I removed both sticks, then put just 1 back in. The system posted fine. I removed the stick and replaced it with the other stick. Again, it posted fine. I put both in, and the MemOK light came on. I held it, but the system would not post.
I went back to 1 stick, installed windows, installed drivers, then tried installing the second stick again. No luck. I figured if it won't work in dual channel, it might work in single channel - and it does. It has ran for almost 24 hours now without problems. From what I have experienced, that doesn't mean it's fixed. I have thought it was fixed multiple times, from reseating the heatsink, to swapping between slots, turning of USB3.0 in the BIOS, etc. However, it seems as soon as I get these stable, they only run for about 12-72 hours before crashing and sometimes causing file corruption.
I would like to get the sticks working in dual channel again, or at least determine why they won't work in dual channel, but last time I tried the system would not even post. Let me know if you have any suggestions or need some info I did not post. Thank you.
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