RAM oc at 1067

[phantom93]

When I OC my RAM to 1067mhz I run Orthos perfect, but during a game liek an hour into it I get a BSOD. Coudl this be because my RAM voltage is to low? I am using Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400 2x 1GB I am currently at 2.1volts

 

[Mondoman]

Have you tried Orthos "blend" mode overnight? How about memtest86+? Also, what's the spec voltage for your RAM? Finally, how about CPU/system/GPU temps?

 

[badge]

Yes. Also, your NB voltage may need an increase. I set the RAM voltage to slightly above 2.1v and my NB voltage to 1.49v on my X38. No more BS. A slight increase in voltage may very well solve the BSing problem. That's a pretty good overclock on the RAM, 800MHz. to 1067MHz. You are near the RAM's limitations no doubt.

 

[phantom93]

well, i dotn want to jinx it, but i actually posted this b4 i tryed it again, liek last month i went to 1067 and it was BSing on me liek i was just describing, so now i tryed it and its been... 2hrs? with out a problem and I have played sum games i nt hat time. If it BSODs on me ill go with badge's ideas 1st as they are the easyest and fastest. Mondoman, for memtest i gotta get a CD as i dotn wanna watse a DVD and i do nto have and blank CDs lol

 

[phantom93]

oh and another thing to throw in there. Which would be better, 2gb at 1067 liek i have now? or 3gb at 800 (if i throw a gig of my old DDR2 800 in which doesnt overclock at all and doesnt have the purdy lights on it)?

 

[lucuis]

Why do you need a CD for Memtest?

If your running XP, 2gb is plenty. You will probably not notice a difference with 3gb even at the same speeds.

 

[Evilonigiri]

You need a CD to burn the iso, Memtest, on. Then you can boot from CD. This way is much more accurate than doing memtest through windows.

 

[lucuis]

You need a CD to burn the iso, Memtest, on. Then you can boot from CD. This way is much more accurate than doing memtest through windows.

You mean using the application at bootup? I'm not sure i follow.

 

[phantom93]

Im using vista and if i did memtest from boot i woudl need to go buy sum CD's as usign a 4.7gb DVD on a program thats not even a MB is kidn of a waste

 

[Mondoman]

I tend to have a bunch of blank CDs lying around to burn podcasts so I can listen to them in my no-aux-input car stereo. They only cost about 20 cents each, so I go through a lot.

luc - the "memtest" that runs under Windows is a different (and inferior) program from "memtest86+".

Ph - the 3GB will be better in Windows, since the system won't have to swap to hard disk as much; during an actual game, it probably won't make much difference.

 

[lucuis]

Well that would explain it, here i thought we were talking about the same program.