I just completed a new system build about 2 months ago, the system is an AMD Athlon II X620 on Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H. Now for the build I used a pair of OCZ Platinum DDR3-1600 4GB kit. At first everything was running stable with the memory running at DDR3-1066 on 1.6v, however about two weeks ago Windows 7 just refused to boot and giving me tons of blue screen out of sudden, however after I wasn't able to figure out what happened, I just had to go out, and somehow after I came back the system was back up and running and it has been stable ever since.
However late yesterday, the system just locked up again, and this time no matter what I did it just won't go to Windows, at first I thought it was Windows 7 crapping out on me, so I booted with the install DVD trying to reinstall but I got the same blue screen with some odd errors (strangely enough the error seems to always differ every time). So after fiddling and even trying to let the system "cool off" for several hours, I ended up with a "stable" system by clocking down the memory all the way down to DDR3-800 at 1.7v. But that just makes me want to try more, so I removed one of the stick and with just one stick I can boot up to DDR3-1066 at 1.6v (back to the "original" setup - albeit with only one stick).
Another "mystery" about this pair of sticks, the OCZ website states that the memory is rated at 1.7v with "overvolt" protection at 1.75v, however the sticker clearly reads 1.9v (however the BIOS is giving me a "red" warning when I tried to go pass 1.8v - so I never even tried 1.8v).
By the way. right now I'm using the onboard video, is it possible that this sort of configuration puts more stress on the memory? I had Windows 7's Aero desktop running at the moment, though I personally don't do much gaming aside from the occasional RTS games, so the onboard video has been quite sufficient for me right now. But it kinda makes me think that just maybe the onboard video could be the reason for the memory error, but trouble is I don't have any spare video card to test this theory.
In any case does this mean one of the stick just went bad? Or is it something else is wrong. Mind you I tried moving the sticks along the 4 slots with all the possible combination but with both installed it just won't work past DDR3-800 at 1.7v, and actually in some configuration even that won't work at all.
Also for the last question, does anyone know how hard or easy it is to get RMA from OCZ? The warranty states that the item carries lifetime warranty, but yea I just get the feeling that for some companies "lifetime" can mean anything.
So yea in closing if anyone has any input on this matter, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - and Happy New Year to you all.
However late yesterday, the system just locked up again, and this time no matter what I did it just won't go to Windows, at first I thought it was Windows 7 crapping out on me, so I booted with the install DVD trying to reinstall but I got the same blue screen with some odd errors (strangely enough the error seems to always differ every time). So after fiddling and even trying to let the system "cool off" for several hours, I ended up with a "stable" system by clocking down the memory all the way down to DDR3-800 at 1.7v. But that just makes me want to try more, so I removed one of the stick and with just one stick I can boot up to DDR3-1066 at 1.6v (back to the "original" setup - albeit with only one stick).
Another "mystery" about this pair of sticks, the OCZ website states that the memory is rated at 1.7v with "overvolt" protection at 1.75v, however the sticker clearly reads 1.9v (however the BIOS is giving me a "red" warning when I tried to go pass 1.8v - so I never even tried 1.8v).
By the way. right now I'm using the onboard video, is it possible that this sort of configuration puts more stress on the memory? I had Windows 7's Aero desktop running at the moment, though I personally don't do much gaming aside from the occasional RTS games, so the onboard video has been quite sufficient for me right now. But it kinda makes me think that just maybe the onboard video could be the reason for the memory error, but trouble is I don't have any spare video card to test this theory.
In any case does this mean one of the stick just went bad? Or is it something else is wrong. Mind you I tried moving the sticks along the 4 slots with all the possible combination but with both installed it just won't work past DDR3-800 at 1.7v, and actually in some configuration even that won't work at all.
Also for the last question, does anyone know how hard or easy it is to get RMA from OCZ? The warranty states that the item carries lifetime warranty, but yea I just get the feeling that for some companies "lifetime" can mean anything.
So yea in closing if anyone has any input on this matter, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - and Happy New Year to you all.
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