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So I had memory issues. 3 of my DIMMs are dead. I'll be getting a new Mushkin set sometime this week.
My DVD Drive wasn't working well, that seems to have fixed itself.
One remaining issue:
The one stick of RAM that still works seems to have some strange glitches, despite passing Memtest86+ (V. 2.11). It won't run at rated speed when synced with the CPU FSB speed (though both have run fine at that in the past).
Some have said this could be a motherboard issue. I've tried slightly higher voltages and looser timings (looser timings also cause the "Overclocking error, please reset...." message on boot, which I find VERY weird).
Everything is stable synced at 1333mhz, otherwise, when unlinked (both at 1600mhz), I CAN boot, but usually my system will freeze up and I have to restart after 30 minutes-hour.
Since the RAM came in sets of two, I'm thinking the last stick is close to dying too, but since it passes memtest, I have no idea.
Should I bump up the FSB voltage? (It's still running auto in the BIOS.)
That's all I can think of....could it be something else with my mobo?
I can give temp. readings if requested, will just have to write them down. All fans set at manual 100% currently.
EDIT: The system IS my sig rig, but as stated, the Q9550 is at stock at the moment, and running 2GB (one stick) of the corsair as the others fail horribly at memtest. They had been running for about a year.
My DVD Drive wasn't working well, that seems to have fixed itself.
One remaining issue:
The one stick of RAM that still works seems to have some strange glitches, despite passing Memtest86+ (V. 2.11). It won't run at rated speed when synced with the CPU FSB speed (though both have run fine at that in the past).
Some have said this could be a motherboard issue. I've tried slightly higher voltages and looser timings (looser timings also cause the "Overclocking error, please reset...." message on boot, which I find VERY weird).
Everything is stable synced at 1333mhz, otherwise, when unlinked (both at 1600mhz), I CAN boot, but usually my system will freeze up and I have to restart after 30 minutes-hour.
Since the RAM came in sets of two, I'm thinking the last stick is close to dying too, but since it passes memtest, I have no idea.
Should I bump up the FSB voltage? (It's still running auto in the BIOS.)
That's all I can think of....could it be something else with my mobo?
I can give temp. readings if requested, will just have to write them down. All fans set at manual 100% currently.
EDIT: The system IS my sig rig, but as stated, the Q9550 is at stock at the moment, and running 2GB (one stick) of the corsair as the others fail horribly at memtest. They had been running for about a year.