2 similar 8gb RAM kit with a slight difference

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I have been having some BSOD issues lately and majority of it points towards it being a driver or RAM issue. Having ran memtest 8+ passes a couple of times which all turned up clean, I read somewhere that my RAM might not be compatibility but they are from the same maker, have the same model number and is the same variant. Loading up memtest however shows a very slight difference.

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Googling WM28'12 has given me nothing. Can anyone help?
 
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Mixing DRAM is a crapshoot, even when you have two sets of the same exact model. what you might try is raising the DRAM voltage + 0.05, if no joy there, try raising the MC (memory controller) voltage initially about the same + 0.05. If still problems, let us know the CPU and mobo model #s
 
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I am not sure if I can raise the voltage on my DRAM or how to do it.
My CPU is i5-4670 and my motherboard is intel DB85FL
 
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Sometimes you can buy branded memory kits where from week production cycles of it the ram chips that are used may differ very slightly.

If all four of the ram sticks, and the labels on each of them when looking at them.

State the same memory speed, latency values, and the voltage.

Then the reason for blue screens are or can be due to having to supply the memory modules in your bios settings with a slight voltage increase to keep them stable while under any sort of load in windows.


 
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Yes. They state the same memory speed, latency values and voltage. My BSOD comes from non paged fault on the ntoskrnl.exe which leads me to believe it is a corrupted driver or RAM issue. Shouldn't memtest and prime95 load the memory modules enough to test them?

 
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Would need to look in BIOS for DRAM voltage, being an Intel mobo and the B85 chipset, it may not allow for changes, but would think so
 
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