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Hello all,
Let me preface this by saying I'm pretty sure I've got 2 bad memory modules and intend to RMA them.
Built a new system recently:
Intel Core i5-2500k
MSI P67A-G43 motherboard
G.SKILL 8GB kit (F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR)
XFX Radeon 6950
Windows 7 x64
Not overclocking (at the moment) and all drivers up to date.
The system worked really well at first, but started to get the occasional blue screen in windows. The BSODs were not always the same thing so it was very hard to figure out what was really causing the problem. Made sure every driver for every device was completely up to date and the MSI motherboard bios was up to date as well, still got random blue screens. Could play Crysis 2 for example for hours on end, then get a blue screen reading forums on a website. The frequency of the crashes increased dramatically until my system was unusable. It got bad enough that the system couldn't boot without a BSOD even in safe mode.
Through testing I found it was memory related, but I wasn't sure if it was bad RAM, bad motherboard or incompatibility. Sounds like compatibility is not a problem with the current BIOS revision. I tried both sticks together in different slot combinations then tried one stick in different slots and then the other stick in different slots. No matter what, constant blue screens.
I brought the G.SKILL memory into my work office and popped it in a Dell system here - constant blue screens as well. Is that bad RAM or compatibility, I don't know...
So does this sound like bad RAM that I need to RMA? I just want to be sure I'm addressing the right problem so I can get a working system again!
Thanks for your help - sorry for the wall of text.
Let me preface this by saying I'm pretty sure I've got 2 bad memory modules and intend to RMA them.
Built a new system recently:
Intel Core i5-2500k
MSI P67A-G43 motherboard
G.SKILL 8GB kit (F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR)
XFX Radeon 6950
Windows 7 x64
Not overclocking (at the moment) and all drivers up to date.
The system worked really well at first, but started to get the occasional blue screen in windows. The BSODs were not always the same thing so it was very hard to figure out what was really causing the problem. Made sure every driver for every device was completely up to date and the MSI motherboard bios was up to date as well, still got random blue screens. Could play Crysis 2 for example for hours on end, then get a blue screen reading forums on a website. The frequency of the crashes increased dramatically until my system was unusable. It got bad enough that the system couldn't boot without a BSOD even in safe mode.
Through testing I found it was memory related, but I wasn't sure if it was bad RAM, bad motherboard or incompatibility. Sounds like compatibility is not a problem with the current BIOS revision. I tried both sticks together in different slot combinations then tried one stick in different slots and then the other stick in different slots. No matter what, constant blue screens.
I brought the G.SKILL memory into my work office and popped it in a Dell system here - constant blue screens as well. Is that bad RAM or compatibility, I don't know...
So does this sound like bad RAM that I need to RMA? I just want to be sure I'm addressing the right problem so I can get a working system again!
Thanks for your help - sorry for the wall of text.
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