I've been fighting with this build for roughly a month now, and two mobo RMAs (was using different board initially, Gigabyte P55 USB3) and another pair of DDR3 sticks later, this is where I'm at:
The computer is hitting blue screens seemingly at random, even while booting off the windows disc. The problem is invariably PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA with a multitude of different files listed as the source, or in some case no source listed at all. The problem definitely has something to do with memory, and this is where it gets interesting... with memtest, running both sticks installed in dual channel it throws errors like mad, typically over 40 errors in less than two seconds. Running the sticks individually (four hours each) shows no errors whatsoever. This occurred on both the current EVGA board and the Gigabyte P55 board (tested w/three different BIOS revisions) I was using previously.
I do not, unfortunately, have another processor or motherboard to test with at the moment, though it occurs to me that the odds of getting three faulty motherboards in a row (across two brands) are pretty long. As such, I'm inclined to believe that there's nothing wrong with the board.
Components:
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
EVGA P55 FTW 200 SLI 141-LF-E658-KR P55 board (BIOS currently default)
8800GTS I had laying around, confirmed working
600W PSU, again an old component I had laying around, confirmed working
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1600 MHz @ 1.5v w/ 9-9-9-24 timings
--Tested at both 1333 and 1600, also tried bumping the voltage slightly to 1.54v at both speeds
--This is my second pair, first pair showed identical symptoms
At this point I'm rapidly running out of things to test, so if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears...
The computer is hitting blue screens seemingly at random, even while booting off the windows disc. The problem is invariably PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA with a multitude of different files listed as the source, or in some case no source listed at all. The problem definitely has something to do with memory, and this is where it gets interesting... with memtest, running both sticks installed in dual channel it throws errors like mad, typically over 40 errors in less than two seconds. Running the sticks individually (four hours each) shows no errors whatsoever. This occurred on both the current EVGA board and the Gigabyte P55 board (tested w/three different BIOS revisions) I was using previously.
I do not, unfortunately, have another processor or motherboard to test with at the moment, though it occurs to me that the odds of getting three faulty motherboards in a row (across two brands) are pretty long. As such, I'm inclined to believe that there's nothing wrong with the board.
Components:
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
EVGA P55 FTW 200 SLI 141-LF-E658-KR P55 board (BIOS currently default)
8800GTS I had laying around, confirmed working
600W PSU, again an old component I had laying around, confirmed working
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1600 MHz @ 1.5v w/ 9-9-9-24 timings
--Tested at both 1333 and 1600, also tried bumping the voltage slightly to 1.54v at both speeds
--This is my second pair, first pair showed identical symptoms
At this point I'm rapidly running out of things to test, so if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears...