BSOD DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 2x 8GB

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Hello,
I've been having this problem for a little while, even did an express RMA to try and rectify the problem. I’m at my wits end and have no idea on how else to proceed so I’ve come to seek the knowledge of the oracles!
It first started that with my first 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance 2400Mhz started by giving me BSOD on programs that used heavy amounts of memory. And eventually I went to Corsair support who asked me to do the memtest86 on each stick and then together. They passed with no errors. Corsair approved for RMA which I went ahead and did.

During the time waiting for my new sticks to arrive, I found that if I removed one stick the computer would run solid with no BSOD’s. And when I switched the stick around, after a while it eventually BSOD. I was convinced that one of the sticks were faulty.

My new sealed corsair sticks arrived and excitably I put them into my computer and right after the Windows loading screen, I encounter BSOD. This happens without fail. I went into BIOS in hopes that perhaps I needed to change something but couldn’t see anything that I needed to do.

So I took out one stick from the new pair and my computer started and booted up without any problems which leads me to believe that I have a setting in my BIOS incorrect but I have absolutely no clue on how to correct or test this.
The formations I’ve tried with the sticks have been 1,3 and I tried 2,4 in case that one of the slots were faulty but with no success.

Here is a list of hardware I’m using:

MOBO: Crosshair V Formula Z
CPU: AMD FX9850
DDR: Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 2400MHZ 16GB 2x8GB.
GPU: 980TI
HDD: 1 TB WD Black
SSD: Samsung EVO 512GB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’ve attached some pictures of my BIOS in case it helps at all. I also believe I have the latest BIOS also. Thank you in advance! And if you need any information or screenshots of the BIOS please don’t hesitate to ask!

I've hidden the images of my BIOS in the spoilers so that users on mobile devices aren't effected by it. ( Or at least the thought was there! )
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Hello, thanks for your reply. Yes, sorry. The modules are from the same kit.

I checked that the CPU mount was still even and secure. I then cleared CMOS, and left the BIOS as it was and started it up. It can now boot into Windows with the two sticks but running on 1333Mhz. So I shut down the computer and went back into BIOS and changed the frequency to 2400Mhz. Saved the settings, restarted but booted back into BIOS to check the voltage and confirm that they were running on 2400Mhz. They were running on 2400Mhz and the voltage on them seemed to be okay floating between 1.645 to 1.648.

So saving the BIOS, I restarted the computer and it booted into windows in the resolution 800 x 600 and after about 10 seconds of things loading, I received a BSOD.
 
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Hey!
I checked the command rate and it was already setting itself to T2. I didn't have an option for 3. I was needing my computer to do a bit of work so I thought to see if it would work to setting it to 2133Mhz. Which still required the 1.65 voltage and T2 command rate. And it worked without any problems for the whole day.

This morning I tried changing it to 2400Mhz, doing as you suggested, making sure that it was T2. I didn't however raise the voltage due to being a bit of a worry-wart. Straight after the windows loading screen I received a BSOD. I just want to double confirm with you before raising it to 1.66 V with it working on 1.65 with the 2133Mhz. If you need any information or pictures of the BIOS, don't hesitate to ask. I feel that we're getting somewhere! Haha, thank you!
 
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Yes, a slight increase in DRAM Voltage (to 1.66 V) should be tried if wanting to run memory stably at 2400 MHz. It may require further slight increase in DRAM Voltage to 1.67 V, or maybe even higher.

Actually, the memory is rated for higher voltage (to about 1.9 V), but as a rule DRAM Voltage shouldn't normally go higher than about 1.65 V in most cases, the exceptions being where some "overclocking" of memory is required.

So the memory should handle the slight voltage increases OK. But memory voltage should definitely not exceed 1.9+ V, otherwise damage to the memory is likely.
 
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Hello!

I went as far as increasing the voltage to 1.67 V but had no success. I also tried entering the timings in manually rather than leaving them on auto to see if that helped but made no difference. I can get it to run on 2133Mhz with no issues but that last step just seems to be an absolute nightmare!

Foolish me for thinking that it's as simple as plug and play! I watched this one guy with the same RAM on youtube do it all with absolute no bother at all! I'm not going to lie, I was really jelly.
 
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I'm not experienced in changing the timings and I'm not comfortable in overclocking my CPU if I'm honest. I read somewhere that ECC was enabled by default which caused problems, I disabled that which made no difference. Once my registration is accepted on the Republic of Gaming forums, I'm going to ask them for some advice also to see if they know if there's about the motherboard BIOS settings that I'm overlooking.
 
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