I RMAed this and they sent me another one. but since I got the new one, I was having another issue, I was seeing the BSoD in Vista ultimate,

Memory diagnostic test radom failed and passed, Mem86+ also failed and pass sometime.

I tried 2 combinations including CAS changing from 5-5-5-15 to 5-5-5-18. not sure what else I can do..

I also increased the voltage (the default is 1.8V, so I provided 0.40 to make it total 2.2V).

I actuallly provide all the way from 0.05 to 0.40 and memory test failed all the time. only on 0.40 and 0.45 it pass the test, but then I randomly see the BSOD in vista, its random, sometime, with 2 hours it crashed, sometime in 1 day, the longest it go 1 day and then BSOD.

Should I RMA the board?

what is the best combination should i use for CAS and what is the best voltage should i put it in.

what are the best settings for this broad with this memory?

appreciate your help guys.

Thanks,



System Specs:
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VGA:XFX GeForce 8600GTS 675Mhz 256MB PCI Express x16 SLI Ready V
Monitor:ACER 21"
MotherBoard:GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
OS:Vista Ultimate
CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core
Soundnboard
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 PC2 8500
PSU:550 watts
HD:Maxtor 500GB
Cooling:Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

PC2-8500 is know to have problems with the P35 chipset. Try lowering the speed of the memory to DDR2-800 and rerun memtest86+.

after lowering the speed to 800MHz system seems working and stable.

But now what is that mean? should i have to run the PC on lower speed, infact I paid for the higher speed memory?

is there any other way around?

thanks for your rely.