ok so bare with me because while yes i did build my computer, i am not the most well read on the subject. i have a home built pc with the following inside it:
motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8T-6GBRM
processor: Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Desktop Processor BX80601930
videocard: ASUS ENGTX470/2DI/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
i copy pasted those from my newegg history, hope that is ok.
i've had this rig since 2010, and it has served me well, however recently i have been plagued with blue screens citing memory management as the issue, and another blue screen talking about something being corrupt, it started with a P, i have googled it before but cannot think of what it was at this very second. i was also having issues with videogames randomly crashing out, as well as my google chrome browser crashing randomly. the blue screens were coming at random times, sometimes not happening for days, recently though, they have been every few hours.
so after lots of googling i came to the conclusion that my ram must be bad. i started with windows memory diagnostic and tested the ram that way, immediately upon starting it, it says there is a hardware problem. i pulled 2 of the 3 sticks of ram and tested just 1 stick, the message continued. all 3 of the memory sticks in one slot result in this same error.
i then moved to memtest and did the same, before even one pass i was seeing tons of red errors.
i purchased some new ram and its supposed to be here in a couple of days but after more googling now i am worried that it is my mother board instead. more googling mentions stuff about voltage and changing settings in bios...
this did not occur until after i updated my bios. i had noticed that windows was not letting me use all of my ram (i should have 6gb total but it was only giving me 4gb) google mentioned a bios update might help so i did that, and sure enough windows allowed me to use all that i had available.
i have never overclocked anything, i do not mess with my settings in bios so everything is set to what ever the program sets it to. that said, i have no idea if this motherboard overclocks stuff on its own.
is it my motherboard? is it bios? is it the ram its self? a combination? i have no friends or family with computers which i can use to test this ram and see if it is indeed the case. all i have is my lone computer and a laptop.
please explain and answer me like i am five lol the more info you can give me the better.
motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8T-6GBRM
processor: Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Desktop Processor BX80601930
videocard: ASUS ENGTX470/2DI/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
i copy pasted those from my newegg history, hope that is ok.
i've had this rig since 2010, and it has served me well, however recently i have been plagued with blue screens citing memory management as the issue, and another blue screen talking about something being corrupt, it started with a P, i have googled it before but cannot think of what it was at this very second. i was also having issues with videogames randomly crashing out, as well as my google chrome browser crashing randomly. the blue screens were coming at random times, sometimes not happening for days, recently though, they have been every few hours.
so after lots of googling i came to the conclusion that my ram must be bad. i started with windows memory diagnostic and tested the ram that way, immediately upon starting it, it says there is a hardware problem. i pulled 2 of the 3 sticks of ram and tested just 1 stick, the message continued. all 3 of the memory sticks in one slot result in this same error.
i then moved to memtest and did the same, before even one pass i was seeing tons of red errors.
i purchased some new ram and its supposed to be here in a couple of days but after more googling now i am worried that it is my mother board instead. more googling mentions stuff about voltage and changing settings in bios...
this did not occur until after i updated my bios. i had noticed that windows was not letting me use all of my ram (i should have 6gb total but it was only giving me 4gb) google mentioned a bios update might help so i did that, and sure enough windows allowed me to use all that i had available.
i have never overclocked anything, i do not mess with my settings in bios so everything is set to what ever the program sets it to. that said, i have no idea if this motherboard overclocks stuff on its own.
is it my motherboard? is it bios? is it the ram its self? a combination? i have no friends or family with computers which i can use to test this ram and see if it is indeed the case. all i have is my lone computer and a laptop.
please explain and answer me like i am five lol the more info you can give me the better.
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