Issue with 16gig ram with Asrock z68 Extreme4

vien · 11th July 2012, 11:41 AM

Got an issue running 16gig ram (4x 4gig) on my asrock motherboard. Randomly fails in windows with BSOD and fails the memtest86 v4.2 test. Tested the motherboard with 8gig (2x 4gig - both sets of sticks) on all the slots and works ok - windows and passes memtest. Timings and voltages for the ram are 9-9-9-24 1.5v. Ram is G-Skill Ripjaws XL DDR3-1600 (2 sets of 8 gigs).

I've got a i5-2500k cpu running stock and i've played around with the VTT up to 1.2v. Should i go higher? Are there any other voltages i can try boost?

Should i get this fixed under warranty? Or is it a case of upping the voltages?

thanks

O-B-E-L-I-X · 12th July 2012, 2:02 PM

Get the latest BIOS.
If it fails the memtest, then it looks like a fault with one of the memory modules...is this O/C and what voltage is set for the RAM?

11th July 2012, 11:41 AM	#1
vien Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 190	Issue with 16gig ram with Asrock z68 Extreme4 Got an issue running 16gig ram (4x 4gig) on my asrock motherboard. Randomly fails in windows with BSOD and fails the memtest86 v4.2 test. Tested the motherboard with 8gig (2x 4gig - both sets of sticks) on all the slots and works ok - windows and passes memtest. Timings and voltages for the ram are 9-9-9-24 1.5v. Ram is G-Skill Ripjaws XL DDR3-1600 (2 sets of 8 gigs). I've got a i5-2500k cpu running stock and i've played around with the VTT up to 1.2v. Should i go higher? Are there any other voltages i can try boost? Should i get this fixed under warranty? Or is it a case of upping the voltages? thanks __________________ "I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world." - Bertrand Russell

12th July 2012, 2:02 PM	#2
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