suberized007

hey people, just built myself a new computer. trying to get the ram to run at 1600 but crashes galore. runs fine at 1333. the model for the ram is ocz3g16002g. i have all the timings and voltages matched up to the manufacturer suggestions. it's slightly more stable if i change it to ganged mode but crashes pretty shortly there after. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

ckybam3

Try testing just one stick. Also up the voltage a tick or two and then test.

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Bartmasta

Does it happen with both sticks? Maybe 1 is bad. If the ram isn't working at the settings that it's supposed to then you should RMA

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ckybam3

i agree if they dont work at spec settings its time for rma. but try each stick individually first could be some setting your missing or soemthing ur just overlooking.

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Rajb1031

I suggest you do a test with Memtest.

suberized007

i ran memtest and it just locks up i guess i'll try bumping up the voltage a little more OCZ is saying they test up to 1.95v

ckybam3

1.95 is still low for ram. my ram is specd at 2.2 but runs at 2.1. but again if the sticks dont run at the specs printed on them then they should be rmad

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suberized007

ran memtest with one stick at 1600 passed through 4 cycles np popped the second stick and didn't make it through one pass

ckybam3

ya then one stick is bad like i said from beginning. time to rma the set.

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McDown

DDR2 & DDR3 have different specs. Even 1.95 is a stretch for DDR3. I had exactly the same OCZ RAM set and couldn't manage 1600 with my 3.8ghz overclock for 955 x4 so I bought AMD edition and TA-TA!