GA-870A-UD3 Giving me woes (Wholly random BSOD)

[jolphil]

Hi,
Yes, you have a sticky far out  problem, but I would like to point out that I remember reading that a person had a random similar BSOD problem, and Memtest passed  10 times and never found a problem..What this user did was to copy a large file over and over and compare each copied file with the  first with a file comparison program..This yielded a very very random problem with one of his sticks of memory..I also use Memtest and it is very good, but it is not infallible in each and every case..I know this may be reaching but so be it..
Google for file comparison programs such as Digestit 2004 or other similar programs..
Hope you find this elusive problem ..Good Luck
jolphil

[Dark Mantis]

You are quite right jolphil. Memtest isn't infallible and sometimes can help you reach the wrong conclusion but as with any tool it is correct most of the time and so useful in the majority of cases.

[Croccydile]

Ok its been a little while now, let me update on progress now.

I got new mushkin 1333mhz memory on Wed I think it was and let it run for 16 hours (!) to test, and it seemed to be fine.  The computer has been booted since then without a hitch so far.  Indeed, this seems to point all fingers toward that one module of g.skill.  RMA time I suppose now.

Needless to say this was a difficult one to pinpoint, despite the fact I have been in the business for about 15 years now.  What really threw me off is that both initially memtest86+ and Windows 7 memory diagnostic came up clean.  This lead me down the wrong track for quite some time.

I'm going to consider this resolved for now, and if the machine stays up another week (I plan on leaving it running 24/7) I will consider it solid.

Now I have a spare GA-890GPA-UD3 without a cpu

[absic]

Hi

pleased you finally seem to have this sorted and hopefully you will have no more problems.

As with all things, Memtest and other diagnostic software is not infallible and sometimes they don't always pick up the problems. 

[Croccydile]

Last update:

No issues now for a couple of weeks, so I'm going to consider the matter resolved.  Yay.

I will need to RMA my gskill memory now :x

[gr3g0s]

I haveJUST solved this very problem with this mb
the amd cpu isnt really capable of running its memory controller fast at stock voltage (1.1)
u need to go into bios,
go into MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
make sure u running ram at correct voltage ie 1.66 (for 1.65v ram etc)
then theres a voltage setting called CPU NB VID Control
set to +0.2v and you should get 1.3v and enjoy a stable build
many thanks to my mate mike for pointing this out after months of frustration and 1 x dead board
also i think there should be mosfet coolers but thats personal preference as thse boards seem to run fine
im currently running 1600 cl 7,8,7,20 ram and stable as now
FYI im running an amd phenom II x4 3.4ghz stock (for now) ati hd 5770 and a raid 0 boot drive
FINALLY 

[Dark Mantis]

I just want to point out, gr3g0s, that while you might be running at 1600 MHz AMD only advise running at 1333 because of the extra strain it puts on the memory contorller that is built into the CPU. It is your choice of course but your CPU will probably head south one day if you continue.