Someone please help

beers said:
I'd run something like Memtest86+ for a few passes or overnight if you've manually specified the speed, timings and voltage for those sticks. 1333 CL9 isn't outlandish by any means and the majority of kits should be able to support that. If you get any errors in Memtest it might be indicative of failing RAM which you could RMA for a replacement.
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Okay thank you, I'm gonna try that right now.
 
If your system is hanging often then you could try using only one of the sticks of ram in different slots on the motherboard and then do the same with the other stick. The results may indicate whether there is a problem with the ram or motherboard, as issues with PSU's, motherboards and CPU can cause perfectly good memory to fail tests, though memtest is also a good to do.
 
So I ran Memtest86+ and no errors were found, also tried setting to fail/safe defaults in BIOS. When that didn't work I set Optimized defaults, and still received freezes. I've tried overclocking, CPU; I've tried overclocking RAM, tried both together, looked in power settings, read a bunch of forums, and watched a bunch of videos. I'm not sure what the issue is. Most of the responses say that there shouldn't be a problem, and they come to the conclusion that the RAM is faulty. Could it possibly be the power supply, CPU, or possibly the motherboard that has an issue with the RAM?
 
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Mason_R said:
So I ran Memtest86+ and no errors were found, also tried setting to fail/safe defaults in BIOS. When that didn't work I set Optimized defaults, and still received freezes. I've tried overclocking, CPU; I've tried overclocking RAM, tried both together, looked in power settings, read a bunch of forums, and watched a bunch of videos. I'm not sure what the issue is. Most of the responses say that there shouldn't be a problem, and they come to the conclusion that the RAM is faulty. Could it possibly be the power supply, CPU, or possibly the motherboard that has an issue with the RAM?
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Mason do you still have the memory that you were originally using, if you do then reinstall it and see if the problems disappear, because its most likely not a coincidence that your computer starts having problems at the same time as you change the hardware?
Darren has suggested updating the bios which is a really good idea because if you are using a older bios then the manufacturer may have added additional ram support over the years.
If it is a coincidence that installing new ram has nothing to do the problem, then yes, other hardware problems can cause system instability. The component I always test first is the PSU, this is because a bad PSU not supplying the correct power can cause many different errors to occur in different hardware at different times and can have you running around in circles thinking everything is failing.
 
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