All new hardware and it wont work! Help PLEASE!

[smallfrycel]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-corsair-xms3-ddr3-pc3-10666-%281333%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v

its that one  so this i think

CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 - 4GB Corsair XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V

[Dark Mantis]

Right make sure the memory is set to unganged and 1.5v in the BIOS. This you will have to set manually. The timings are as you have given me, 9-9-9-24 that's the first four lines which should start with CAS Latency. Leave it at the default speed.

When he has finished just F10 to save and exit.

We will than see what if any difference that makes.

Also follow this when you get to Windows.


First thing I would advise you to do would be to go to Control Panel/System Properties/Advanced System Settings/Advanced tab/Startup and Recovery/Settings and untick the box marked Automatically restart and then OK.

That will stop the system rebooting before you can see what the BSOD says.

[smallfrycel]

  have passed on your message and he's nodding his head. I will get back to you if anything crashes god forbid!  he's missed work for the last 3 days because of this eeek!
currently running playing a video with the windows drivers for audio and so far its fine - *knock on wood* but its only been 10 minutes.

[Dark Mantis]

Well at least he's dedicated! That's what it takes sometimes when these types of things happen. The only good thing is that this is when you really learn about your system not when the build goes easilly!

[smallfrycel]

hes just changed that setting you said then. said he will look at the memory setting thing when he restarts.
he's just installing a couple of drivers on it now.

[Dark Mantis]

It is always best to install one at a time and then reboot and make sure it is working ok before installing the next one.

[smallfrycel]

he's just changed the memory thing and said that you cant change the voltage setting because theres no setting for it.

he's running a hardware test thing. still no video card drivers or anything installed yet.

[Dark Mantis]

There should be but I'm afraid it will have to wait until the morning now as I have been on here for about fifteen hours and I'm knackered. I will be back tomorrow if he still needs help.

[smallfrycel]

i just hope its ok for him to work tomorrow.


thanks for your help tonight. muchly appreciated. i will let you know what happens.

also with the voltage thing, it did say 1.5 already so im presuming thats ok?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes no problem for the voltage.

[smallfrycel]

annnnnd BSOD!
IRQL_NOT_LESS OR_EQUAL

*** STOP 0x0000000A 

GRRRRRRRR! Seriously wtf! It was completely fine before and then what an hour after it crashed!


10:05pm its fine and then BLAH big fat Blue screen of DEATH at a random point when not doing anything at 11:46pm

As I said random, and everything was running fine. and that's it.

[stevevnicks]

hello mate,

best program i have found by far is intel burn in test ...i've used memtest loads of times and got passes then system still random blue screens .. then i found out about Intel burn in test which is supposed to be the test intel uses, dont quote me on that though lol ... anyway that tests ram and cpu always finds fault where memtest passes , test ram 1 stick at a time using intel burn in and set the sofware to us max ram .. even if ram timming are correct this software will find any probs if there are any with cpu or ram

[stevevnicks]

annnnnd BSOD!
IRQL_NOT_LESS OR_EQUAL

*** STOP 0x0000000A 

GRRRRRRRR! Seriously wtf! It was completely fine before and then what an hour after it crashed!


10:05pm its fine and then BLAH big fat Blue screen of DEATH at a random point when not doing anything at 11:46pm

As I said random, and everything was running fine. and that's it.

just to make ya mate feel better  i bet its ram , i have had exact same problem the only way it could be fixed for me was change'n ram for kingston KVR ram 1333mhz cheap as cheaps ram to so i bought 16gig 4x4gig  and me pc pass intel burn test and no more random blue screens  crucial ram is good too never had any issues with therecheap stuff to

[smallfrycel]

hello mate,

best program i have found by far is intel burn in test ...i've used memtest loads of times and got passes then system still random blue screens .. then i found out about Intel burn in test which is supposed to be the test intel uses, dont quote me on that though lol ... anyway that tests ram and cpu always finds fault where memtest passes , test ram 1 stick at a time using intel burn in and set the sofware to us max ram .. even if ram timming are correct this software will find any probs if there are any with cpu or ram

where do i get this intel program thing? can it boot off a usb stick or do you have to run it from windows?

[smallfrycel]

also, how am i supposed to run the program if it keeps BSOD?!  windows wont stay up long enough to test it knowing my luck