I decided to start OCing my memory today and i think it's clearing up some of the problems i've been having. my POS PNY 2700 ddr was at 166mhz 7, 3, 3, 2.5.
now in order to reach a measely 11, 2, 2, 2.5, i had to raise the voltage to 2.72 (actual as read by bios). default voltage is 2.5v right...