GA-P67A-UD4-B3 RAM Problem?

[flame146]

Hi all
I have some heavy issues with my RAM I believe
here are my pc specifications:

Motherboard: GA-P67A-UD4-B3
RAM: 4x Corsair XMS3 4gb
CPU: Intel i5 2500k + Corsair H70 cooling system
Graphic card: Nvidia GTX480
2 storage hard disks and a system ssd Corsair F80 disk
Power: Seasonic 750W

 
so I have this ram: 4x http://www.corsair.com/memory/amd-memory-solutions/phenom-ii/cmx4gx3m1a1600c9.html

and my computer is randomly freezing when idle or when at full performance + it happens approximately twice a day after a few hours of work, but freezing so hard that keyboard, mouse... they all go off power and stuff + sound starts to be freaky and loud and 8-bit...

when I removed 2 RAM's out, everything was fine, plugged one more in (3/4), everything fine, I plug in the fourth, computer starts freezing, I tried to switch that fourth with some of other 3, same problem, I thought that RAM had problems, but RAM is ok...

I flashed my bios to final update, and I have my CPU overclocked with motherboard's software preset overclock, so no home made overclocking...


and a few words of what I tried else to fix the problem but failed:
- tried restoring bios to factory state
- changed cooling in the case
- went to pc service where I bought my motherboard, ram and processor, and they had my pc for 6-7 days and they said that it has no problem and that it didn't crashed one single time, when I got it home BAM! 2 crashes in a night... so I assume that they lied and did not know how to fix the problem
- I also thought that it's something at my home, so I took my pc to my work... and it crashed there also...

conclusion... the only thing when computer is stabile is when it has 3/4 RAM's installed...

help!!

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I take it that either the memory is faulty or you need to manually enter the required settings into the BIOS.

Have you had any BSODs ?

Were all the memory modules purchased together as a matched kit ?

Please answer the questions and then follow these instructions exactly:

I would suggest that you download and run the latest version of  Memtest86+ to check your RAM first.

Memtest86+        http://www.memtest.org/

Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 complete loops/cycles and if there are no errors then swap it over with the next one and continue untill you have checked all  modules.
 
If you have any errors the module is faulty.

If you have any faulty modules you will have to return the whole kit as they are matched.

Post back when you have done that with the results.

[Orich]

Hi all
I have some heavy issues with my RAM I believe
here are my pc specifications:

Motherboard: GA-P67A-UD4-B3
RAM: 4x Corsair XMS3 4gb
CPU: Intel i5 2500k + Corsair H70 cooling system
Graphic card: Nvidia GTX480
2 storage hard disks and a system ssd Corsair F80 disk
Power: Seasonic 750W

 
so I have this ram: 4x http://www.corsair.com/memory/amd-memory-solutions/phenom-ii/cmx4gx3m1a1600c9.html

and my computer is randomly freezing when idle or when at full performance + it happens approximately twice a day after a few hours of work, but freezing so hard that keyboard, mouse... they all go off power and stuff + sound starts to be freaky and loud and 8-bit...

when I removed 2 RAM's out, everything was fine, plugged one more in (3/4), everything fine, I plug in the fourth, computer starts freezing, I tried to switch that fourth with some of other 3, same problem, I thought that RAM had problems, but RAM is ok...

I flashed my bios to final update, and I have my CPU overclocked with motherboard's software preset overclock, so no home made overclocking...

I have this EXACT problem.  My specs are :

GA-P67A-UD4-B3
4x 4GB CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair XMS3 Memory
ATI Radeon 6790 1GB
SSD 64GB Vertex II


I get these random freezes..  I originally had 2x 4GB dimms and just bought another 2x 4GB dimms so I could swap in and out.  Problem happens still.

I ran Memtest x86 first on all 4... guess what.. the damn system froze DURING the test (Test #5 I believe).

The freezes really do seem random... the entire system just freezes and requires a cold reboot.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

When you bought the second kit of modules did you mark them so that you could tell which module belongs to which kit ? You mustn't mix them up.

Memtest must be done properly to be able to glean any useful information from it. The first thing I would want to check is the memory. Please follow these instructions exactly.

I would suggest that you download and run the latest version of  Memtest86+ to check your RAM first.

Memtest86+        http://www.memtest.org/

Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 complete loops/cycles and if there are no errors then swap it over with the next one and continue untill you have checked all  modules.
 
If you have any errors the module is faulty.

If you have any faulty modules you will have to return the whole kit as they are matched.

Post back when you have done that with the results.