GA-P67A-UD4-B3 + 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8)

[Squk]

Good evening to all the forums.

My name is Manuel, I live in Italy and I'm a fan of Gigabyte for some time now.

I am writing regarding a problem with my motherboard GA-P67A-UD4-B3 with F4 BIOS and the Corsair Ram (2x4GB) 1600MHz CMZ8GX3M2S1600C8 Vengeance. Every now and then, with all the Default and the Ram with its own set XMP, I have a problem to restart.

Let me explain:

I turn on the computer from the button normally the case, but after a couple of seconds, the system reboots, giving me a screen Overclocking Failed. The window shows the correct frequency in GHz, the base, is 3.40GHz. The Rams, however, set at 1600MHz, are not detected in the right frequency and in the window tells me that I failed to overclock with the Rams in 1333.

Let's say this thing looks fortunately, every two / three days.

May depend on what?

I also noted that, in support of RAM memory, downloaded from official website, reports no bench 4GB of Corsair, something that I see for G. Skill.

It may be because banks are not fully supported by the 4GB one for this card and that will release a BIOS update, or just change the ram and take, for example, the G. Skill F3-ECO 12800CL8 that are listed in the file PDF?

Thank you for your patience and availability and also, I apologize for my very bad English.

Help me, please!  

[Dark Mantis]

Hi Manuel and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum. By the way don't worry about your commmand of the English language, it is fine.

The Corsair Vengeance modules are usually fine with this motherboard. However the actual reference number that you gave does not exist. You have obviously made a mistake when copying it down. If you would like to check and post the correct number we can take it from there.

[Squk]

Hi Manuel and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum. By the way don't worry about your commmand of the English language, it is fine.

The Corsair Vengeance modules are usually fine with this motherboard. However the actual reference number that you gave does not exist. You have obviously made a mistake when copying it down. If you would like to check and post the correct number we can take it from there.

Sorry for that and thanks for reply.

My ram are: CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8. Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB - 1600MHz -  8-8-8-24 - 1,50V - ver2.12

http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-8gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz8gx3m2a1600c8.html

[Dark Mantis]

OK that is better now. The modules are indeed listed as supported by your motherboard which is a good start. It would be a good idea to run Memtest86 on the at a later stage but we can leave that for now as it is time consuming.

Perhaps you could list all you main hardware in your system by make/model please. Especially the PSU.

[Squk]

OK that is better now. The modules are indeed listed as supported by your motherboard which is a good start. It would be a good idea to run Memtest86 on the at a later stage but we can leave that for now as it is time consuming.

Perhaps you could list all you main hardware in your system by make/model please. Especially the PSU.

Oh! Sorry! It's true.  

Case: CoolerMaster CM680 II Advantage | Motherboard: GA-P67A-UD4-B3 | CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K | PSU: Corsair 850 HXWU 850W | Ram: 8GB (4x2) DDR3 1600MHZ Vengeance | Video Card: Nvidia GeForce Gainward 9800 GT 512Mb | HD1: WD 320GB SataII | HD2: Samsung 160GB SataII Windows 7 64bit | HD3: Segate Barracuda 500GB › Storage | HD4: NAS Verbatim 1TB Media Sharing

I ran Memtest86 and Memtest86 +. Lately I used Memtest86 +, because the first time I used Memtest86 (without the symbol +), in the transition between step one and step two, appeared artifacts: strange symbols on the screen and, from what little I could see, I noticed that Memtest continued to run its tests.

They told me that it is a symptom of a failed bank. Today, I tried again to make three consecutive passes, a tour at a time: Both, of course, number one slot.

The first bank of RAM has been tested without problems, the second, before he was about to end, pressed "c" button for configuration and to set the range of memory, but the dodge is locked: Classic freeze.

A strange thing I noticed is that both sticks of ram, once marked a speed of megabytes equal to 11900 (11780) and, sometimes, 12480 (12375), that is to be a little 'accident.

It should always maintain this same speed?

I'm really discouraged. I do not know what to do.

[Dark Mantis]

Make sure that you are using the latest Memtest86+ version with your board otherwise you won't get proper results. It takes a long time to dop it thoroughly but it is the only way. 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.
 
 

[Squk]

I ran Memtest86 and Memtest86 +. Lately I used Memtest86 +, because the first time I used Memtest86 (without the symbol +), in the transition between step one and step two, appeared artifacts: strange symbols on the screen and, from what little I could see, I noticed that Memtest continued to run its tests.

They told me that it is a symptom of a failed bank. Today, I tried again to make three consecutive passes, a tour at a time: Both, of course, number one slot.

The first bank of RAM has been tested without problems, the second, before he was about to end, pressed "c" button for configuration and to set the range of memory, but the dodge is locked: Classic freeze.

A strange thing I noticed is that both sticks of ram, once marked a speed of megabytes equal to 11900 (11780) and, sometimes, 12480 (12375), that is to be a little 'accident.

It should always maintain this same speed?

[Dark Mantis]

It is no use just copying your previous post in bold! I uploaded my post because you had failed to do it correctly and with the right version so basically it was invalid.

[F5BJR]

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Always with BIOS defaults parameters

Test first stick in first slot ( slot1 )

Remove the first stick and place another stick always in the slot1 --> and test

Place after a new stick always in slot1 --> and test ....

Only when all sticks are tested in slot1 you can add memory on slot 2 , 3 , 4 ...

Pierre