Tradesman1 said:
Might also want to clean the connectors on the DRAM and probably raise the DRAM voltage - maybe + 0.05, if problem persist, since you have mixed sets might also need a little more voltage to the MC - but simply try DRAM voltage first
Pardon my noobishness but all my BIOS voltage options have always been on [auto] and i never tinkered with power settings before, so i'd like to be 101% sure before i proceed.
Everest tells me the voltage setting for my ram is 1.5 V. (which is also the sticks printed value) Does that mean, per your advice, that i should increase it to 1.55?
Also, i see two DRAM-related points in my bios: DRAM core and DRAM bus. Which one should i work on? (i realize it's a silly question and that the answer is definitely DRAM bus, but that's what 101% sure is about. I absolutely cannot risk losing use of this PC at the present time).
Finally, i could see no "MC" in the menu. Is it short for something?
Thanks to Vic who suggested i switch mobo battery but i've watched videos of it's removal and it's not visible. Besides i'd rather try solving it by messing around in the BIOS before i attempt something that drastic
(anyway: this mobo has been working for about 4 years and a half now. I leave the PC on averagely 14 hours a day, but mostly i'm not at it and it runs downloads and the like. I never did anything too stressing. I mean yeah, i did play demanding games at times and worked with extremely high resolution pictures, but no hardware-ravaging stuff like week-long renderings. I supply this info to help determine if this might in fact be a battery issue)