Will try to make this brief:
4 months ago I built two computers--one for myself, one for my room mate. They were identical, except for the RAM. See the specs below:
Mine:
MOBO: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 620
GPU: GIGABYT GTX 460
PSU: Corsair 650TX 650W
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
Room mate's:
RAM: OCZ3F1600LV4GK
His works, and mine has intermittent problems with freezing and BSOD's. The first thing we did was stress test---everything passed. Mine worked for 3 days on Auto settings, then started freezing (it didn't matter what i was doing). At this point i naturally started trying to set up my BIOS as a way to gain stability.. this only kinda worked. I'd set some things, think they worked, and then would still have it freeze maybe a day or two later. At one point i got a week of stability by setting the RAM to run on 2T. Most recently i got a week of stability by leaving everything on Auto, but setting RAM freq to 1067mhz.
When settings didn't seem to work, i turned to RMA's. I've replaced every part in this computer, and yet my issues persist. My hardware is now:
MOBO: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 (was RMA'd)
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 640 (tried to RMA, but they were out of 620's--got the 640 instead)
GPU: GIGABYT GTX 460 (have not RMA'd, but tested my room mate's for a bit--had the same problems)
PSU: Corsair 650TX 650W (also tested with my room mate's--had the same problems)
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL (RMA'd multiple times, then had them switch to Ripjaw series to test compatibility)
So i've come full-circle. I have a new mobo/cpu/ram and have tested the other parts, yet still get these issues with freezes and BSOD's. So now i'm thinking there still must be something wonky in my BIOS settings, hence the thread----Can i get some advice on which settings y'all think i should try to get this stable?
Anything is appreciated, thanks.
-Chocko
edit: i know i'm leaving a lot of information out, but i don't want a wall of text that's too big. to briefly touch on the bios settings... i feel like i've tried the usual stuff... ie, bumping up voltages a little, setting timings manually, etc. I heard things mentioned somewhere a few times about having to OC the processor to get AMD stable... possibly thinking this is related?
4 months ago I built two computers--one for myself, one for my room mate. They were identical, except for the RAM. See the specs below:
Mine:
MOBO: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 620
GPU: GIGABYT GTX 460
PSU: Corsair 650TX 650W
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
Room mate's:
RAM: OCZ3F1600LV4GK
His works, and mine has intermittent problems with freezing and BSOD's. The first thing we did was stress test---everything passed. Mine worked for 3 days on Auto settings, then started freezing (it didn't matter what i was doing). At this point i naturally started trying to set up my BIOS as a way to gain stability.. this only kinda worked. I'd set some things, think they worked, and then would still have it freeze maybe a day or two later. At one point i got a week of stability by setting the RAM to run on 2T. Most recently i got a week of stability by leaving everything on Auto, but setting RAM freq to 1067mhz.
When settings didn't seem to work, i turned to RMA's. I've replaced every part in this computer, and yet my issues persist. My hardware is now:
MOBO: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 (was RMA'd)
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 640 (tried to RMA, but they were out of 620's--got the 640 instead)
GPU: GIGABYT GTX 460 (have not RMA'd, but tested my room mate's for a bit--had the same problems)
PSU: Corsair 650TX 650W (also tested with my room mate's--had the same problems)
RAM: G.Skill DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL (RMA'd multiple times, then had them switch to Ripjaw series to test compatibility)
So i've come full-circle. I have a new mobo/cpu/ram and have tested the other parts, yet still get these issues with freezes and BSOD's. So now i'm thinking there still must be something wonky in my BIOS settings, hence the thread----Can i get some advice on which settings y'all think i should try to get this stable?
Anything is appreciated, thanks.
-Chocko
edit: i know i'm leaving a lot of information out, but i don't want a wall of text that's too big. to briefly touch on the bios settings... i feel like i've tried the usual stuff... ie, bumping up voltages a little, setting timings manually, etc. I heard things mentioned somewhere a few times about having to OC the processor to get AMD stable... possibly thinking this is related?