P8H67-M EVO w/ F3-12800CL8-4GBXM random freezing

[carv]

Model of the motherboard: P8H67-M EVO (rev B3), BIOS version 1850 (latest as of 9/21/2011)
Model of the memory: F3-12800CL8-4GBXM ( have 2 installed: 1 in slot 2 and another in slot 4 for a total of 8GBytes memory)
Model of the CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K

I do not have overclocking enabled

Issue: Random freezing. this has happened since the day I build the PC and installed windows. the freezing tends to happen more when playing games but i have swapped video cards and it still occurs.

The doubt I have is that I bought all components at newegg and they had recommended this memory but I do not see it listed on ASUS' qualified vendor list.
So I just need to know if g.skill or the community has tested it on this board? if it does do I need to modify the timings or anything else?


part of report from cpuz

Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL8-4GBXM
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-31 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-25-34 @ 685 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Min tRP 10.00 ns
Min tRCD 10.00 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 42.50 ns
Min tRFC 162.50 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 8.0-8-8-24-34-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL8-4GBXM
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-31 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-25-34 @ 685 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Min tRP 10.00 ns
Min tRCD 10.00 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 42.50 ns
Min tRFC 162.50 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 8.0-8-8-24-34-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

DIMM # 1
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 92 10 0B 02 03 19 00 09 03 52 01 08 0C 00 3C 00
10 69 78 69 30 69 11 20 8C 00 05 3C 3C 00 F0 83 0D
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F 11 01 01
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 04 CD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F3 DD
80 46 33 2D 31 32 38 30 30 43 4C 38 2D 34 47 42 58
90 4D 00 00 00 04 CD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 0C 4A 05 12 01 08 00 00 00 2A 0A 50 10 00 50 50
C0 50 78 10 F0 54 3E 00 14 05 3C 30 11 00 3C 00 00
D0 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

DIMM # 2
SPD registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 92 10 0B 02 03 19 00 09 03 52 01 08 0C 00 3C 00
10 69 78 69 30 69 11 20 8C 00 05 3C 3C 00 F0 83 0D
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F 11 01 01
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 04 CD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F3 DD
80 46 33 2D 31 32 38 30 30 43 4C 38 2D 34 47 42 58
90 4D 00 00 00 04 CD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 0C 4A 05 12 01 08 00 00 00 2A 0A 50 10 00 50 50
C0 50 78 10 F0 54 3E 00 14 05 3C 30 11 00 3C 00 00
D0 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Monitoring
Mainboard Model P8H67-M EVO (0x000002C1 - 0x6750EDF0)

[GSKILL TECH]

carv,

Enable XMP and test one module at a time. The memory should work with just the XMP enabled.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[carv]

OK I tried to enable to XMP but under EFI Bios Utility advanced mode>AI Tweaker>AI Overclock tuner there is no XMP option. I only have "auto" (which is where it was) and "Manual" options.
I read on another forums on ASUS site that XMP is not offered on boards with integrated video cards. Even though i am not using the integrated video card i still do not have the options.

So i believe I have to set this up manually but am not sure what values i must enable or adjust. Can you please make the recommendations?
The manual can be found here but you have to go through the Asus site. (sorry i have not figured out another way to get it.)
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int..._EVO/#download

[GSKILL TECH]

Input the settings on the memory.

DDR3-1600
8-8-8-24
1.50V

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[carv]

Input the settings on the memory.

DDR3-1600
8-8-8-24
1.50V

ok I tried those but the system would not boot. I would get no video and eventually just had to power cycle and the BIOS would give me a message was not able to over clock and it woudl take me back to the EFI screen.

The only way I could get it to boot would be to to set AI overclock to auto or manual with ddr3 to 1330 or 1066 but it would not work as 1600. I did not mess with the timings at that point since I had no idea if I should even leave it at ddr3 1066 which is where I have it now with timings to auto. please let me know if this is a good setting to try or if I should change it to something else. Ill test it out in the meantime.

below is a capture from cpuz

Thanks for your help!!
Chipset
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Northbridge Intel Sandy Bridge rev. 09
Southbridge Intel H67 rev. B3
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8192 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 533.8 MHz (1:4)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Command Rate (CR) 1T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000
MCHBAR I/O Size 19456
MCHBAR registers

Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL8-4GBXM
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-31 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-25-34 @ 685 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Min tRP 10.00 ns
Min tRCD 10.00 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 42.50 ns
Min tRFC 162.50 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 8.0-8-8-24-34-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x53
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number F3-12800CL8-4GBXM
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-31 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-25-34 @ 685 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Min tRP 10.00 ns
Min tRCD 10.00 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 42.50 ns
Min tRFC 162.50 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 8.0-8-8-24-34-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)


Edit:
Well last night it froze up on me again at 1066 setting so i have just set it to run at 1333MHz 8-8-8-24 with voltage at 1.5 and everything else set to auto. Ill see if that helps.

Edit:
It did not help. after booting up at 1333 8-8-8-24 it froze after 15 minutes.

So I am now awaiting your recommendations as i think I am making it worse.

[GSKILL TECH]

Sounds it may just be a problem with the kit. This memory should work with just the XMP Profile. Try one module at a time to see if one performs better, that would give you a definitive answer.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[carv]

Sorry I have been out of the country and just got back so am trying your suggestions now.

There is no XMP profile due to the integrated video on the mainboard (see previous post) I have manually added the changes you recommended and am using only one stick set to
DDR3-1600
8-8-8-24
1.50V

BUT....

The system will not even boot.
When I go to the EFI screen>advanced mode it says "ASUS h67 Series motherboard supports 1066/1333 MHz DRAM only"

So I set it to 1066 with only one stick of ram
and under DRAM Timing control I set:
DRAM CAS# Latency 8
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 8
DRAM RAS PRE Time 8
DRAM RAS# ACT Time 24
DRAM Command mode Auto (not sure if i should put a specific value here)



Everything else is set to auto (secondary timings and third timings).


I have run it for one day so far wihtout issue and i plan to run it for a few more days but this might have been the issue. Does this mean I should send in both sticks of ram for RMA? or are there other tests you need me to run first?

If it freezes again in the next day or two then ill post back here.
Thanks!

[GSKILL TECH]

Try DDR3-1333 7-7-7-21 1.50V

This motherboard can not overclock to DDR3-1600, but the lower timings above should be even better.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH