Doggie52 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hello!After having built together the following rig I am experiencing several problems within Windows.MB: ASUS P7P55D-E LXCPU: Intel i5 760 @ 2.8GHz stockHDD: OCZ Agility II SSD (60GB, the OS-drive) and a Samsung 500GB (secondary drive)GPU: nVidia GTX260 chipset, ASUS makeRAM: OCZ Reaper 2x2GB CL7All of the above, except the Samsung HDD and the ASUS GPU, are brand new.OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 retailIssuesMEMORY_MANAGEMENT and PFN_LIST_CORRUPT BSODs at random timesrandom computer shutdowns (complete death, as if power cable had been pulled out), then, 5s later, reboot by itselfGPU driver crashes and then recoverscorruption problems when downloading certain files and extracting themlarge amounts of apps crash at irregular intervalsmotherboard refuses to boot from USB devices, it only loads a black screen with blinking cursor (neither W7 nor MemTest boot, finally had to burn them both to DVD)All of the above issues have been occurring during a period of two weeks or less.Attempted diagnosingMemTest86+, attempts listed below in descending order:(both sticks of RAM installed): multiple errors on tests #6 and #7 in the 4GB-range somewhere(one stick of RAM installed): no errors after 3-4 passes(other stick of RAM installed): no errors after 3-4 passes(both sticks of RAM installed but in opposite order compared to #1): no errors after 3-4 passes(the next day, same configuration as #4): errors on test #6[*]S.M.A.R.T status on both HDDsno errors, status OK on everythingSSD: 100% life-time[*]Windows Memory Diagnosticsno errors after two passesAttempted solutionsre-format (new system has only been running for a day or two)no errors appearing yet[*]BIOS updateseems to have caused the BIOS to no longer boot from USB devices, however I am unsure of when that problem started appearingQuestionsis faulty RAM the cause of all my issues?can a faulty mobo be the cause of all my issues?why does MemTest appear to give inconsistent results?is there any way I can diagnose motherboard issues?is there any way I can go beyond S.M.A.R.T when diagnosing my SSD?is there any way I can diagnose CPU issues?Do you people recommend any further diagnosing? Is there anything you would like me to add to my post?My sincere thanks in advance, I hope my post was not too lengthy!// Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Try swapping the current power supply for one with a higher power rating. It may not be providing clean power, or could be loaded beyond power/current ratings on one or more rails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Run at least 12hour Memtest on each stick of RAM separately. Sometimes you can have errors when memory is used together and not separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I had this random behaviour when my ram was getting too hot. I found it by memtesting for 12 hours as Tripredacus said. The memory slot who was nearer to the cpu was always the faulty one.The solution was easy : opened the case and put a big fan to check if it was this for sure and then bought an OCZ ram fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 With which Command rate (CR) timing do you run the RAM? If 1T, change it to 2T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie52 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I had a quick look into what timings my RAM is supposed to run at vs. what BIOS sets them to run at:BIOS default settings: 7-7-7-20proposed settings for OCZ3RPR1600ULV4 from OCZ: 7-8-8-24Why is there a difference here? Which one of the settings is most likely to cause problems?I switched the CR to T2 and the timings to what OCZ proposed, and I get errors on test #6 and #7 on the first pass.My RAM has passive heating and after feeling them, I can conclude that the temperature is not a problem.I am running a 630W PSU which I bought no more than 1 year ago. Is there a way I can determine whether it is faulty without having to replace it?What I will do now:test each stick separately for 12 hourstry to find a temporary replacement for my PSU in order to rule that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Run CPU-Z and post pictures of the memory and the SPD tab here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie52 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 CPU-Z images and report are below. The timings they show are the custom timings I am running at right now. The BIOS defaults, again, were 1T and 7-7-7-20.Thank you for your help!CPU-zREPORT.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 you run the RAM at 533 (1066) MHz and still get the error? In this case the Motherboard seems to be incompatible with the RAM. Try other RAM modules (Corsair, Crucial, ADATA, Kingston) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie52 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Where I am at right now:I have run both sticks of RAM separately for ~20 standard MemTest passes each (more than enough, I hope) and they come out with no errors.This means using two sticks fails, whilst using one stick at a time works well. Now, of course, I wonder what can be the cause of this weird behavior. Perhaps my RAM isn't meant to work with my mobo?The DRAM-frequency you saw in the picture was the default, set by the BIOS. In fact, I can only push that to DDR3-1333 (667MHz) , which is less than the optimal (DDR3-1600 @ 800MHz) for my RAM.Possible culprits?faulty PSUfaulty mobofaulty RAMThat the RAM is faulty seems unlikely, given that they work independently - or am I wrong here? A faulty PSU seems more and more like a likely culprit - given that my computer sometimes (rarely, but still, 2 times over two weeks) spontaneously powers down and reboots the PSU might be damaged. It might be providing too little power for two sticks of RAM to work simultaneously, or might be overloaded as an earlier poster suggested.But, it could also be the motherboard that is broken. What do you think? Is there any way (apart from getting a replacement PSU) I can with relatively high certainty determine whether my PSU is healthy or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think it's a ASUS OCZ compatibility issue. Try to exchange it at the shop for a different RAM from an other manufacture. Check the RAM compatibility list of your board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie52 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 I've tried pretty much everything related to BIOS-RAM settings, I've actually "overclocked" (quoted as they are vendor marked at what the BIOS thinks is an overclock) them to DDR3-1600 to no avail. I've also run MemTest for several passes without any errors when running each stick separately, yet I keep getting errors when running both together.I've mailed both ASUS and OCZ and I will see what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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