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Hi, I'm new to this forum.
Well, I have a problem with my rig and since I built it using guides from this site, I thought maybe I could find some help here ;)

Here are my rig's specs:

Intel i7 920 @ 2,66Ghz
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
3 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 1333
Sapphire ati 4850x2
Western Digital HDD 500GB caviar black
700w power supply
Windows Vista x64 sp1

My problem is this:
I want to use all my ram in triple channel, but whenever I use the second memory slot I keep getting blue screens randomly.
I'm using prime95 to test it. I've tried using the first and last slots only and then it works fine, but when I place any ram module in the second slot it crashes almost instantly after beggining the test. And If I let it crash many times the system won't boot and I have to unplug it for a while to make it boot again.

But there is more. After checking that, I was almost certain that the problem was that slot, but yesterday I was using the Hammer editor (hl2's source sdk game editor) and it crashed without using that slot.

Is that slot faulty? could it be any other problem? and could that last error have nothing to do with it at all?
I have all the minidumps that the system created on those crashes but I can't figure anything with them.

Any help would be very much apreciated.

Best regards ;)

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manually set the ram's timings and voltage in the bios

Reply to kyeana

Hi, thanks for the reply.

There is one interesting bit about that, because in the bios, the ram timings are automatically set to 1066, latency 7, and my ram factory specs are 1333, latency 9. The voltage is 1.5v and that's not changed I think.

How can I change it, and what timings should I set?

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There should be settings for memory timings in the bios. Check the mobo manual to find out specifically where they are at and what they are called. If i had to guess i would say that it would be under a section called Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T) (but that is just a guess, don't hold me too that)

 

From there, you should be able to specify what the voltages (DRAM voltage) and timings (CL, tRCD, tRP, and tRAS) are set to. Look at the Ram's manual, or go to the manufacture website, and find out what this rams default timings and voltage are. Once you have that information, just plug it into the appropriate fields in the bios.

 

If this doesn't clarify that just let me know and ill look up some more specific instructions for you


Message edited by kyeana on 05-11-2009 at 10:07:49 AM
Reply to kyeana

Thank you very much for your assistance, sadly, I'll have to wait to try that out (I'm not at home right now) But I will as soon as I can ;)

One more thing, should I trust the info about the memory that I can get from EasyTune6?

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As a Gigabyte motherboard owner, I think that Easytune is worth less than what I paid for it.

Reply to jsc

Hello again, I changed the timings as specified by the manufacturer and ran a test. It seems to be working flawlessly now, with every module installed using triple channel :)

Thank you very much for your assistance, if it wasn't for your advise I'd probably had returned the mobo.

Hope this helps other people with the same problem. :hello:

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Glad i could help. Enjoy the new computer :)

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