I have 8GB (2x4GB) of corsair vengeance RAM which is MEANT to be 1600MHz. My mobo automatically down clocked it to 1333MHz so i changed it to 1600MHz (without changing any timings or anything). Since i got BF4 it's been having many crashes, including occasional BSODs. I blame EA for most the crashes but i even got a BSOD while opening photoshop the other day so i decided that was my PC. Not knowing what else it could be i put the ram back to the auto clock in bios. Now BF4 keeps crashing and saying 'the application has been denied access to your video hardware'. As this only started happening once i put the RAM back to 1333MHz I'm guessing it's that which is causing it. My question is, could me upping the ram in the first place caused some of the errors and how can i get it to 1600MHz safely if it was me 'over clocking' it which originally caused the crashes?
Memory down clocked by motherboard to 1333MHz and constant crashes?
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sweenytodd
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It is downclocked to 1333MHz at 1.5v because it is the JEDEC standard for memory modules. That is to make the system stable. To be able to run stable at 1600MHz you need to increase the voltage, little by little. Do a stress test with AIDA64. If you're fine stress testing for at least 8 hours, you are good to go.
sweenytodd
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What are you system specs? If your ram is rated for 1.5V (try 1.575) you should not exceed 1.7v
Increase the voltage by the lowest increments your motherboard will alow.
Increase the voltage by the lowest increments your motherboard will alow.
FX 8350 @4.00GHz
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard
Gigabyte R9 270x
XFX Pro 550W PSU
Thanks for all the help so far, so basically i change the voltage to 1.575, if it's still unstable i then increase it by a bit more until it becomes stable?
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard
Gigabyte R9 270x
XFX Pro 550W PSU
Thanks for all the help so far, so basically i change the voltage to 1.575, if it's still unstable i then increase it by a bit more until it becomes stable?
sweenytodd
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That's a nice setup.
Yes. Find the lowest most stable voltage you can get. As voltage increases, heat also increases.
Yes. Find the lowest most stable voltage you can get. As voltage increases, heat also increases.
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