I blame this poor excuse for RAM

procupine14 · Sep 12, 2007, 06:40 PM

so basically, I have been testing the stability of my overclock (in my stats to the left) for the past two days. All has been well until about ten minutes ago where i was plagued, all of a sudden with constant restarts and freeze-ups. This is definitely not because the system is too hot (liquid cooling is doing its job). I think its my G.Skill RAM thats causing the problem. The restarts happened while i was playing WoW.....now this game is well within my capabilities to play on maximum settings so I i don't think its the problem....
Thoughts?

ChaosMinionX · Sep 12, 2007, 08:38 PM

I suggest you test your stability with Prime95 or Orthos..... run it priority 9 on Blend and run it for like 12-24hrs...if it fails before then, or fails at all its not stable.

Also get Memtest 86+ 1.7 or better and run that from boot and let it test... if any errors post back here and troubleshoot from there.

procupine14 · Sep 12, 2007, 09:17 PM

ok thanks

procupine14 · Sep 12, 2007, 11:31 PM

if you look over to the "making the switch to water" thread in the OC and modding forum i think Lelisevis may have solved the problem for me lol

thankfully. If not i will do as you advise

procupine14 · Sep 13, 2007, 04:48 PM

i have finally gotten a stable boot at 3.0Ghz!!!

so thats good and my RAM all of a sudden will overclock?
i don't have a clue what I did but everything seems to actually be working correctly now

im about to run orthos and see if i have any problems

EDIT: ok....within the first minute of orthos many errors started showing

so i exited orthos and ran Memtest and came back with over 100 errors within the first 2 minutes
looks like my RAM doesn't play well with my board

Sep 12, 2007, 06:40 PM	#1
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	I blame this poor excuse for RAM so basically, I have been testing the stability of my overclock (in my stats to the left) for the past two days. All has been well until about ten minutes ago where i was plagued, all of a sudden with constant restarts and freeze-ups. This is definitely not because the system is too hot (liquid cooling is doing its job). I think its my G.Skill RAM thats causing the problem. The restarts happened while i was playing WoW.....now this game is well within my capabilities to play on maximum settings so I i don't think its the problem.... Thoughts? __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Sep 12, 2007, 08:38 PM	#2
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	I suggest you test your stability with Prime95 or Orthos..... run it priority 9 on Blend and run it for like 12-24hrs...if it fails before then, or fails at all its not stable. Also get Memtest 86+ 1.7 or better and run that from boot and let it test... if any errors post back here and troubleshoot from there. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Sep 12, 2007, 09:17 PM	Thread Starter #3
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	ok thanks __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Sep 12, 2007, 11:31 PM	Thread Starter #4
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	if you look over to the "making the switch to water" thread in the OC and modding forum i think Lelisevis may have solved the problem for me lol thankfully. If not i will do as you advise __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Sep 13, 2007, 04:48 PM	Thread Starter #5
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Good News i have finally gotten a stable boot at 3.0Ghz!!! so thats good and my RAM all of a sudden will overclock? i don't have a clue what I did but everything seems to actually be working correctly now im about to run orthos and see if i have any problems EDIT: ok....within the first minute of orthos many errors started showing so i exited orthos and ran Memtest and came back with over 100 errors within the first 2 minutes looks like my RAM doesn't play well with my board __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU Last edited by procupine14; Sep 13, 2007 at 08:34 PM.