- Jan 3, 2015
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Hello forum,
I built a PC back in september with the following specs
I5 6600K
ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz CL15 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Black
GTX 1060
EVGA SUPERNOVA 650
SEAGATE 2TB SSHD HYBRID
I have been experiencing ram issues that started near the beginning where I would get random unexplained game crashes near constantly and after using the windows memory test and memtest86 it told me there was a problem with the ram, so I just moved them to the next slot to see what would happen and it has worked since. Only recently though did I notice that only 8gb was showing in task manager, so I moved them back again and I now have all 16gb back but am getting the same problems.
What do I do in this situation to know for sure if it is the ram that is the problem and eliminate other things like the motherboard? I expected maybe the slots on the board might be faulty but after moving the dimms back to the slots where it before showed 8gb in total, the computer now shows all 16gb and has the same issues no matter where I put the dimms. I'm sorry it sounds awfully confusing trying to explain it like this.
I looked to see if I could get any screen dumps or crash reports but as I dont get blue screens from it at the moment nothing shows up in the (who crashed) application which I have used before to get information.
I have looked at compatability between the parts and all seems good apart from when I look at my ram it says 1.35v and my mobo says 1.2v. Also that when I look at my mobo specs it lists ram speeds as (Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, ) missing out the 3000mhz that my ram is at. and if i were to wing it and change these things I would lose warranty anyway?
Thank you very much for reading my thread and I would appreciate any advice on where to go with this.
I built a PC back in september with the following specs
I5 6600K
ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz CL15 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit - Black
GTX 1060
EVGA SUPERNOVA 650
SEAGATE 2TB SSHD HYBRID
I have been experiencing ram issues that started near the beginning where I would get random unexplained game crashes near constantly and after using the windows memory test and memtest86 it told me there was a problem with the ram, so I just moved them to the next slot to see what would happen and it has worked since. Only recently though did I notice that only 8gb was showing in task manager, so I moved them back again and I now have all 16gb back but am getting the same problems.
What do I do in this situation to know for sure if it is the ram that is the problem and eliminate other things like the motherboard? I expected maybe the slots on the board might be faulty but after moving the dimms back to the slots where it before showed 8gb in total, the computer now shows all 16gb and has the same issues no matter where I put the dimms. I'm sorry it sounds awfully confusing trying to explain it like this.
I looked to see if I could get any screen dumps or crash reports but as I dont get blue screens from it at the moment nothing shows up in the (who crashed) application which I have used before to get information.
I have looked at compatability between the parts and all seems good apart from when I look at my ram it says 1.35v and my mobo says 1.2v. Also that when I look at my mobo specs it lists ram speeds as (Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)*/3600(OC)/3200(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, ) missing out the 3000mhz that my ram is at. and if i were to wing it and change these things I would lose warranty anyway?
Thank you very much for reading my thread and I would appreciate any advice on where to go with this.
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