Diagnosing instability

[Blaylock]

Well done Zombinov! I'm glad everything worked out.

 

[trents]

I managed to get the ram stable at stock io voltage... Made a stupid mistake, I was running the ram at 1.5v, upped it to 1.6v and now everything is fine!
Now i know i have some overclocking headroom

In the beginning did you have the RAM voltage set to Auto or did you set it too low manually?

 

[Zombinov]

In the beginning did you have the RAM voltage set to Auto or did you set it too low manually?

With my original (bad ram) The voltage was auto @ 1.5v (What they are rated at). The new ram was auto set to 1.5v even with xmp, they are 1.65v kit. I have them running at 1.6v stable. Can probably get them running at a lower voltage yet (errors were not many @ 1.5v) but i don't have the time to test for proper stability.

 

[trents]

No reason not to run them at 1.65 if that's what the factory specs call for.

 

[Zombinov]

If they run fine at 1.6 doesn't that save power and reduce heat? I cannot seem to get them stable at anything other then stock speeds anyways

 

[trents]

Just don't be surprised if down the line the memory becomes unstable if you run it at less than factory recommended voltages but with XMP timings and frequency.

 

[Zombinov]

If the memory ages and is no longer stable at 1.6v I can always increase to 1.65v Besides i don't expect to be using this computer before that is a problem.
Anyways, thanks for all your help. If i didn't ask here i probably would have suspected my mobo as being bad and would have had to spend some $$$$!
Thanks!