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CPU: AMD Phenom II 955BE C3
Motherboard: GA-890GPA-UD3H (rev. 2.0)
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
I bought this RAM kit because I was currently using 2 4GB kits; not from the same batch- Nov2010 & Jan2011, and wanted to run them at 1600Mhz.
I placed them into the furthest RAM slots from the CPU to get them up to the 1600Mhz rated speed as indicated by my motherboard.
Used METHOD 2 as stated in THIS thread, restarted PC and everything seemed to be moving smoothly.
Managed to check CPU-z and it was showing them at the speeds I wanted, sadly I forgot to screenshot it or use SuperPI to run a quick benchmark test.
Well I had it idling for well over 30mins and had no crashes or anything of the such, I then went on to play Batman Arkam City for a number of hours yet again without any problems.
When I decided to call it for the night I set to do some torrenting overnight.
When I woke in the morning I was greeted with a black screen; well it was a BSOD but for some reason my PC doesn't like BSODS and the monitor turning itself off with power saving features.
I restarted my PC and was then faced with Bootmanger troubles.
Windows wouldn't repair itself, I couldn't load from the DVD to do a Repair Install or use a UBCD Thumbdrive to access a DOS prompt to repair the MBR which it was stating was missing or corrupted.
0xc0000428
0xc0000225
0xc0000098 - ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt
0xc0000001 - winload.exe missing or corrupt
These are the Bootmanager errors that showed up.
What would happen is that it would say that it is Loading Windows then the Bootmanger would showup stating one of the above errors and to load the Windows DVD to do a Repair yet it would still do the same even with the DVD in the drive and set as the 1st Boot Device.
When I did try to load the DVD it would show the screen where it says it's Loading Windows Files then get to the end and restart the PC, no mater what option I chose it would always restart the PC and continue in that fashion in a never ending cycle.
I spent all day trying to find ways to repair the MBR that I forgot that I had put in new hardware; RAM and Asus Xonar DG, to bother to think that they might be the cause.
I went with the most logical choice and removed the new RAM sticks and placed my old RAM back in and it instantly loaded up the Startup Repair function, repaired whatever problem it had and loaded back into Windows.
I made sure before buying this RAM to check it's specifications and see if it would play nice with my motherboard and was certain that it would.
I used the EXACT steps outlined in Method 2 and yet came across this very stressing error.
Is this RAM faulty or is there another possible resolve to it that doesn't involve me sending it back to place of purchase.
NB.
DRAM Freq to DDR3-1600
CPU-NB Freq to 2400MHz
Timings to tCL 9 - tRCD 9 - tRP 9 - tRAS 24
DRAM Voltage to 1.50V. (This was the default value in my BIOS)
CPU-NB Voltage boost of +0.10V to 1.20V. (My default value here was also 1.10V
As a final before taking the RAM out I reset the BIOS settings and left the RAM settings on AUTO but it still wouldn't get past the Bootmanager problems.
Currently using my old RAM on AUTO settings. Not going to mess with BIOS settings atm unless it's for the new RAM kit I bought.
Motherboard: GA-890GPA-UD3H (rev. 2.0)
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
I bought this RAM kit because I was currently using 2 4GB kits; not from the same batch- Nov2010 & Jan2011, and wanted to run them at 1600Mhz.
I placed them into the furthest RAM slots from the CPU to get them up to the 1600Mhz rated speed as indicated by my motherboard.
Used METHOD 2 as stated in THIS thread, restarted PC and everything seemed to be moving smoothly.
Managed to check CPU-z and it was showing them at the speeds I wanted, sadly I forgot to screenshot it or use SuperPI to run a quick benchmark test.
Well I had it idling for well over 30mins and had no crashes or anything of the such, I then went on to play Batman Arkam City for a number of hours yet again without any problems.
When I decided to call it for the night I set to do some torrenting overnight.
When I woke in the morning I was greeted with a black screen; well it was a BSOD but for some reason my PC doesn't like BSODS and the monitor turning itself off with power saving features.
I restarted my PC and was then faced with Bootmanger troubles.
Windows wouldn't repair itself, I couldn't load from the DVD to do a Repair Install or use a UBCD Thumbdrive to access a DOS prompt to repair the MBR which it was stating was missing or corrupted.
0xc0000428
0xc0000225
0xc0000098 - ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt
0xc0000001 - winload.exe missing or corrupt
These are the Bootmanager errors that showed up.
What would happen is that it would say that it is Loading Windows then the Bootmanger would showup stating one of the above errors and to load the Windows DVD to do a Repair yet it would still do the same even with the DVD in the drive and set as the 1st Boot Device.
When I did try to load the DVD it would show the screen where it says it's Loading Windows Files then get to the end and restart the PC, no mater what option I chose it would always restart the PC and continue in that fashion in a never ending cycle.
I spent all day trying to find ways to repair the MBR that I forgot that I had put in new hardware; RAM and Asus Xonar DG, to bother to think that they might be the cause.
I went with the most logical choice and removed the new RAM sticks and placed my old RAM back in and it instantly loaded up the Startup Repair function, repaired whatever problem it had and loaded back into Windows.
I made sure before buying this RAM to check it's specifications and see if it would play nice with my motherboard and was certain that it would.
I used the EXACT steps outlined in Method 2 and yet came across this very stressing error.
Is this RAM faulty or is there another possible resolve to it that doesn't involve me sending it back to place of purchase.
NB.
DRAM Freq to DDR3-1600
CPU-NB Freq to 2400MHz
Timings to tCL 9 - tRCD 9 - tRP 9 - tRAS 24
DRAM Voltage to 1.50V. (This was the default value in my BIOS)
CPU-NB Voltage boost of +0.10V to 1.20V. (My default value here was also 1.10V
As a final before taking the RAM out I reset the BIOS settings and left the RAM settings on AUTO but it still wouldn't get past the Bootmanager problems.
Currently using my old RAM on AUTO settings. Not going to mess with BIOS settings atm unless it's for the new RAM kit I bought.
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