System unstable with 4gb RAM, won't boot on default voltage

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Okay, ever sicne i got my E6300 i've had trouble with my ram. i must set the voltage higher than the default 1.8v to even get the system to boot with 4x1gb sticks. they are all exactly the same, timings and everything.

When i use all 4 sticks i get constant BSOD's with full memory dumps. nothing specific

The only way i can gety some form of stability is raising the memory voltage to almost 2.5v - much too high and too hot to touch, and the memory is hot to begin with. I have run memtest inidivudally with each stick and have got no errors back.

These corsair memory sticks are meant to run at 1.9v the closest my mobo has is 1.920v, and they won't boot with that, everything is stock, i have to set voltage to above 2v to even be able to boot, 2.3-2.5v last me about 45 minutes. system crashes no matter what i'm doing.

Please help, this has me stumped.

The only reason i could see this happening, si that 2 sticks are version 2.7, the other 2 are version 5.2, but this shouldn't matter, they are the same specs.

EDIT: Will upload pics of BSOD's and BIOS settings

PICS:

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^^ Stable, mostly, but still freezes/bsods in all games and sometimes just web browsing

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^^ All memory is detected

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^^ this is stable while booting, freezes after logging into windows. no bsod.

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^^ not much to say here. I guess i will flash to the latest BIOS. I have 1403, the latest is something else.
 
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Alright, found this about that stop error: "0x0000001E" and it doesn't look good.

"This Stop error indicates that indicates that the Windows kernel detected an illegal or unknown processor instruction. The problems that cause this Stop error can be either software or hardware related and result from invalid memory and access violations, which are intercepted by Windows' default error handler if error-handling routines are not present in the code itself.



Windows NT computers, and those built on Windows NT technology, may stop responding (hang) with one or more of the following STOP error messages:

STOP: 0x0000000a
STOP: 0x0000001e
STOP: 0x00000050

These errors may be caused by one or more of the following:

- Hardware failure (memory, processor, or motherboard).
- Anti-virus software that is running on your computer.
- Drivers installed by third-party software."

I just updated to the latest BIOS, so maybe this will fix it. When the BSOD occured i was playing GTA IV, to see whether it would bsod. i haven't tested anythign with this new bios so i will now.
 
Okay, i've upped the memory votlage to 4.24v and got the latest bios. haven't had any freezing or bluescreens. I got past 2 levels in crysis, then it crashed. but crysis was crashing anyway.
 
I am fairly sure that you have voided your Corsair lifetime warranty by going that high. If I remember correctly, you overclock +- 5% or go 1.8V +-5% with em and it is voided, or it may be 2.1V

With that aside though, I would still drop the voltage.

Have you tried running it with 1 stick of your original RAM and 1 stick of your new RAM together in parallel? If not, do it and see if it crashes at auto voltage.

I got that bsod message too when trying to get my new memory stable too, it almost certainly won't be windows, it is just that your system isn't stable, so ofcourse it is going to chuck up bsods :)

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just read that you got the latest bios, have you tried setting it back to stock and working up?
 
If i use one stick of mine and one stick of the ones you sent me, it boots in single channel no matter the configuration. odd thing is, i can boot 3 out of 4 sticks in any config (still singla channel) with default voltage, but when the 4th is in it goes nuts.

Guess i'll go adjust the voltage.

EDIT: Anything under 2.35v and not stable/won't boot. If i do default voltage with all 4 sticks, i get no post at all. :( 2.35v still isn't stable... 2.24v it is, until we find out what the problem is, or i get new memory. maybe 2x2gb sticks would work better. this board supports 8gb, but you know that already.
 
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Bleh, still having bluescreens! I set up the timings and default voltage (5-5-5-18, 1.9v) and nothing... i left the timings at 5-5-5-18 and kept the voltage at 2.24v.

I think i'll just buy 2x2gb sticks after christmas.

OT: Is it possible to have 6gb in dual channel? like 2x2gb in the yellow slots and 2x1gb in the black slots?

here's a pick of my mobo:

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Well thats cool! i can buy a 4gb kit, and sell one of these 2gb kits :cool:

EDIT: have not had any bluescreens since setting proper timings. maybe they were defaulting to 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8v?
 
Odds are your problem is/was having all four slots populated, if you were to raise the timings and lower the frequency you could likely achieve stability.
 
linkin93 said:
Well thats cool! i can buy a 4gb kit, and sell one of these 2gb kits :cool:

EDIT: have not had any bluescreens since setting proper timings. maybe they were defaulting to 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8v?
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What timing do you hve them set to now. Are these DDR2 800? Default suppost to be something like 5-5-5-18 at 1.9V
 
Yes, they are DDR2 800. i have them set to 5-5-5-18, but it still won't boot with 1.9v

Strange thing is, when i had my E4500, i had them at 900mhz, stock voltage, and auto timings without a hitch. :confused:
 
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