EggXpert

I'm starting to wonder if I bought the wrong kind of memory.  Build went fine, POSTed fine.  Then I had problems with win7 install freezing.  Formatted HD again and took RAM out of slots 3 and 4 as suggested several places after some frantic googling.  Everything went fine, system is rock solid.  Then I popped the other two modules back in and could only go a few minutes before blue screening.  Took RAM out of slots 3 and 4 again and everything is solid again.  I've tried this with the BIOS set for 9-9-9-24 (default) and changed to 8-8-8-24 and there is no difference.  I've also tried with voltage set to AUTO and with voltage set to 1.65 with no difference.  Am I missing something???

thanks again for the help

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Capt. Insane:

Edit: never mind and I can't delete this

??? if you want I can delete the post for you.

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Tracer76:

Capt. Insane:

Edit: never mind and I can't delete this

??? if you want I can delete the post for you.

Please do. I misread the original post, and then you posted something that made me completely disregard what I'd originally posted.

Thanks

Ok done

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Tracer, a comment you made in another thread about a computer build leads me to believe that my original comment is actually (possibly) correct. The OP has DDR3-1600 RAM, but the mobo specifices that DDRs-1600 (OC), meaning, as Tracer you explained, that the OP can OC to 1600 but not buy 1600 RAM.

So to the OP, if I'm correct in this, you'll need, at maximum, DDR3-1333 RAM instead

Edit:

Tracer76:

But the RAM and the motherboard if you look at the motherboard specs here or even on MSI website you will see where it shows 2000 O.C. means you have to over clock to get the RAM to work. If you think that you're just going to install windows without a problem and not time the RAM correctly you will get BSOD.

 

Memory Standard  DDR3 2133 (OC)/2000 (OC)/1800 (OC)/1600 (OC)/1333/1066

from this thread.

Well he can get the 1333 RAM but there is not much of a difference between that and the 1600OC for this matter. The other thread takes it to a whole new level of 2000OC. To get it to 1333 will not be much of an issue like the 2000 is.

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Tracer76:

Well he can get the 1333 RAM but there is not much of a difference between that and the 1600OC for this matter. The other thread takes it to a whole new level of 2000OC. To get it to 1333 will not be much of an issue like the 2000 is.

Well, would that, then, mean that he's going to have to underclock his RAM for it to work, since he bought 1600 for a 1333-max (non-OC) board?

Capt. Insane:

Tracer76:

Well he can get the 1333 RAM but there is not much of a difference between that and the 1600OC for this matter. The other thread takes it to a whole new level of 2000OC. To get it to 1333 will not be much of an issue like the 2000 is.

Well, would that, then, mean that he's going to have to underclock his RAM for it to work, since he bought 1600 for a 1333-max (non-OC) board?

Umm no he can still OC it but its not that bad compared to the 2000 OC.

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Tracer76:

Capt. Insane:

Tracer76:

Well he can get the 1333 RAM but there is not much of a difference between that and the 1600OC for this matter. The other thread takes it to a whole new level of 2000OC. To get it to 1333 will not be much of an issue like the 2000 is.

Well, would that, then, mean that he's going to have to underclock his RAM for it to work, since he bought 1600 for a 1333-max (non-OC) board?

Umm no he can still OC it but its not that bad compared to the 2000 OC.

 

Maybe I'm missing something here. Does DDR3-1600 (stock) RAM work on a board that specifies DDR3-1600 (OC)?

Capt. Insane:

Tracer76:

Capt. Insane:

Tracer76:

Well he can get the 1333 RAM but there is not much of a difference between that and the 1600OC for this matter. The other thread takes it to a whole new level of 2000OC. To get it to 1333 will not be much of an issue like the 2000 is.

Well, would that, then, mean that he's going to have to underclock his RAM for it to work, since he bought 1600 for a 1333-max (non-OC) board?

Umm no he can still OC it but its not that bad compared to the 2000 OC.

 

Maybe I'm missing something here. Does DDR3-1600 (stock) RAM work on a board that specifies DDR3-1600 (OC)?

Yes it will work but just adjust the timing for that one and not the voltage.

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thanks for the help.  memtest did show a bizillion errors on the two sticks in question.  just to satisfy my curiousity i switched them around and confirmed they must be bad.  with just the two good ones in everything is solid.  with the two bad ones in by themselves or with the good ones i blue screen in no time.  looks like i'll have to rma these along with the hard drive that showed up with a cracked sata conn.  still dig the egg but two doa's for one build is a record for me.

thanks again guys