Memory issues - faulty RAM ??

[cestral]

I recently bought a new system with an ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard, Core i5 2500k and some Corsair memory to go with it. The memory is specified as 8-8-8-24 at 1600Mhz, however, whenever I run it at 1600Mhz I get bsod at bootup.

These are the RAM sticks.

They are Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB with the exact product number of the RAM linked above.

I've tried running them with both 1T and 2T, but it doesn't make a difference. They run perfectly fine at 1333Mhz and 1.5v.

Am I missing something here or do I have faulty sticks?

 

[smakme7757]

Your motherboard might not be supplying the correct amount of voltage. Try upping the voltage to 1.54v and see if that helps. Sometimes setting 1.5v in bios can make the motherboard deliver only 1.46 or something like that depending on how efficient it is.

I have those sticks. I run them at 1866Mhz 1.54v 9-9-9-24 1T so they are good as long as you didn't get a dud.

So yea, go into the BIOS and manually set the VDimm to 1.54v

 

[bryanl]

Corsair: "Vengeance DIMMs are built using RAM specially selected for their high-performance potential."

Why would Corsair have to specially select RAM for high performance when they could simply buy RAM rated for and guaranteed for that performance? Because Corsair bought slower chips and screened them through overclocking, most likely less thoroughly than any actual RAM manufacturer would.

 

[Blain]

I recently bought a new system with an ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard, Core i5 2500k and some Corsair memory to go with it. The memory is specified as 8-8-8-24 at 1600Mhz, however, whenever I run it at 1600Mhz I get bsod at bootup.

These are the RAM sticks.

They are Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB with the exact product number of the RAM linked above.

I've tried running them with both 1T and 2T, but it doesn't make a difference. They run perfectly fine at 1333Mhz and 1.5v.

Am I missing something here or do I have faulty sticks?

Corsair lists the SPD specs of your memory on the Tech Specs page as...
SPD Speed - 1333Mhz
SPD Voltage - 1.5v
SPD Latency - 9-9-9-24

You might contact RAM GUY in the Corsair Forums for help with your issue.

 

[tweakboy]

He didnt write back, I think changing it to 1.54 did it. I can testify to stuff like this.

I need my ram @ 2.20v or else my OC is botched ,,,unstable system.

 

[bryanl]

He didnt write back, I think changing it to 1.54 did it. I can testify to stuff like this.

I need my ram @ 2.20v or else my OC is botched ,,,unstable system.

2.20V is beyond the maximum safe limit of 1.95V for DDR3. It's barely under the maximum 2.3V limit for DDR2.

 

[Blain]

His fancy memory is DDR2

 

[cestral]

Thanks for the replies. I tried changing voltage all the way up to 1.575 and it didn't resolve the issue.

EDIT: Ok so I've experimented some further. I tried running the CPU at default frequencies and it didn't change anything. I'm now running what appears to be stable at 9-9-9-28 2T at 1600 Mhz and 1.575 volt. Not sure if the volt change is necessary though, I just wanted to ensure it's not causing any problems. The XMP memory profile will always cause a BSOD on bootup. Setting everything manually to 8-8-8-24 2T 1600 Mhz will also cause BSOD. These sticks are advertised to run at 1600MHz, 8-8-8-24, 1.5V, so I fear that I'm dealing with memory that can't deliver. Typical my luck.

Should I send them back for replacement or does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Blain]

These sticks are advertised to run at 1600MHz, 8-8-8-24, 1.5V, so I fear that I'm dealing with memory that can't deliver. Typical my luck.

Should I send them back for replacement or does anyone have any suggestions?

Corsair lists the SPD specs of your memory on the Tech Specs page as...
SPD Speed - 1333Mhz
SPD Voltage - 1.5v
SPD Latency - 9-9-9-24

You might contact RAM GUY in the Corsair Forums for help with your issue.

Did you contact RAM GUY about your problem?

 

[cestral]

Well, I just contacted my retailer and they're stating that this memory is not listed in ASRock's "supported memory list" and thus they won't replace them. While I understand them somewhat, I'm sorely disappointed that I'm now stuck with crappy RAM.

 

[cestral]

Did you contact RAM GUY about your problem?

Not yet. I'll do that, thanks. I'm gonna run Memtest on these sticks first. Would Memtest be able to show my problem or can they only check if there are broken "cells" so to speak?

 

[Blain]

Well, I just contacted my retailer and they're stating that this memory is not listed in ASRock's "supported memory list" and thus they won't replace them. While I understand them somewhat,
I'm sorely disappointed that I'm now stuck with crappy RAM.

If the memory is set to Corsairs SPD specs, it runs perfectly, correct?

Corsair lists the SPD specs of your memory on the Tech Specs page as...
SPD Speed - 1333Mhz
SPD Voltage - 1.5v
SPD Latency - 9-9-9-24

 

[cestral]

If the memory is set to Corsairs SPD specs, it runs perfectly, correct?

Yes, it does. I'm not familiar with what SPD stands for. I suppose it's the default memory settings or something like that?

They're listed as 1600MHz, 8-8-8-24, 1.5V though so aren't they supposed to run what they're marketed as?

I just ran a Memtest and it was all fine.

I'm now running them at 1600 Mhz 9-9-9-24 2T on 1.5v and it seems to work just fine. Not sure how much of a loss it is going from 8-8-8 to 9-9-9. I assume 1600 Mhz over 1333 Mhz is more important?

 

[Blain]

Yes, it does. I'm not familiar with what SPD stands for. I suppose it's the default memory settings or something like that?

They're listed as 1600MHz, 8-8-8-24, 1.5V though so aren't they supposed to run what they're marketed as?

I just ran a Memtest and it was all fine.

I'm now running them at 1600 Mhz 9-9-9-24 2T on 1.5v and it seems to work just fine. Not sure how much of a loss it is going from 8-8-8 to 9-9-9. I assume 1600 Mhz over 1333 Mhz is more important?

* SPD = Serial presence detect

* The memory you bought is marketed as being tested at 1600Mhz etc.
But the SPD specs for that same memory is 1333Mhz etc.

* Benchmarking programs may report some minor difference.
But you wouldn't notice any difference in timing or speed diferences.