For the last year, I ran my computer on 8(2x4)gb of Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866. Recently, I added another 2 sticks of HyperX 4gb@1866mhz, and have randomly started bluescreen. My computer will work for a day or two, then experience the blue screens. Codes from all dsods after most recent install are here. After removing the two sticks, I no longer have this issue. I have run memtest 86 two seperate times a couple weeks apart overnight, each finding no errors. My computer is running an i5 4590 on MSI Z97S Krait Edition mobo, 750w psu (replaced to see if was problem, was not), r9 290x gpu. I am on Windows 7, and have reinstalled twice, hoping to catch any driver issues. My bios is up to date, as well as drivers relating to any components. Also, for some reason, I can no longer see my ssd in the boot menu, and have to manually go through bios, as it is still detected. Thanks for any help!
Computer works with 2x4gb RAM, add another 2x4gb and experience bluescreens.
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If it works fine with one set but not both sets and they were bought at different times, its likely they are incompatible. Just because they are the same model number doesn't mean Kingston didn't change the chips they used in the middle of the production run or something like that.
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Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when 4 sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
My suggestion is to increase the ram voltage a bit in the bios; sometimes that will cure the problem.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when 4 sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
My suggestion is to increase the ram voltage a bit in the bios; sometimes that will cure the problem.
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