Hi,
I recently purchased a set of Trident memory ( F3-2400C10Q-32GTX ) in order to use it with a Gigabyte Z87-UD3H board and a 4770k processor. This is my second build, but I am neither into overclocking nor experienced in it. I just wanted to have as much and as fast memory as possible.
Unfortunately, the past couple of weeks have turned into a nightmare. The first batch of memory ended up having a bad stick that would stop the computer from booting. The rest of the sticks weren’t troublefree; I kept getting BSOD relating to memory.
I returned those sticks and got a new batch; since I was still getting random BSODs I decided to test them with Memtest86. Memtest86 ended up finding a bat bit which gave 10 errors on test 7 on the second out of 4 passes. After that, I tested each stick individually on my first slot. I had each stick go through 4 passes, memtest86 didn’t find anything. Last but not least, I tested the rest of the slots by alternating sticks for at least a couple of passes. Again, memtest86 found no problems.
Today, after another weekend of bsods, I did some googling on the particular sticks and this board. Apparently, they aren’t fully compatible with the new gigabyte boards, or to be accurate, while G.Skill lists the modules as compatible with my gigabyte board, gigabyte does not return the favor. Googling also revealed that there are other people using the same board and similar sticks experiencing same problems with BSODs as me.
Questions:
1. How seriously should I take the error on memtest86? Should I return the sticks?
2. It seems to me that a permanent solution will come with new firmware from Gigabyte. Is this correct?
3. Are there any settings I can adopt so as to have the modules working without BSOD?
4. Is there perhaps another Gigabyte –or even Asus- 1150 model that would accommodate those sticks?
5. What stress program would you recommend in order to test the stability of any solution I go for?
Other facts that might be relevant.
a. I discovered that I ve got a bent a pin on the USB 3.0 port of the motherboard and as a result I can’t plug the USB cable. Could it affect the system in any additional way other than the obvious?
b. Oddly enough, I have stopped being able to log into bios with my wireless keyboard, even if I was able to do so for a good weeks without a problem. Legacy support is enabled and I ve reset the bios a couple of times. Is this perhaps a sign of a failing motherboard?
Thank you for your help
I recently purchased a set of Trident memory ( F3-2400C10Q-32GTX ) in order to use it with a Gigabyte Z87-UD3H board and a 4770k processor. This is my second build, but I am neither into overclocking nor experienced in it. I just wanted to have as much and as fast memory as possible.
Unfortunately, the past couple of weeks have turned into a nightmare. The first batch of memory ended up having a bad stick that would stop the computer from booting. The rest of the sticks weren’t troublefree; I kept getting BSOD relating to memory.
I returned those sticks and got a new batch; since I was still getting random BSODs I decided to test them with Memtest86. Memtest86 ended up finding a bat bit which gave 10 errors on test 7 on the second out of 4 passes. After that, I tested each stick individually on my first slot. I had each stick go through 4 passes, memtest86 didn’t find anything. Last but not least, I tested the rest of the slots by alternating sticks for at least a couple of passes. Again, memtest86 found no problems.
Today, after another weekend of bsods, I did some googling on the particular sticks and this board. Apparently, they aren’t fully compatible with the new gigabyte boards, or to be accurate, while G.Skill lists the modules as compatible with my gigabyte board, gigabyte does not return the favor. Googling also revealed that there are other people using the same board and similar sticks experiencing same problems with BSODs as me.
Questions:
1. How seriously should I take the error on memtest86? Should I return the sticks?
2. It seems to me that a permanent solution will come with new firmware from Gigabyte. Is this correct?
3. Are there any settings I can adopt so as to have the modules working without BSOD?
4. Is there perhaps another Gigabyte –or even Asus- 1150 model that would accommodate those sticks?
5. What stress program would you recommend in order to test the stability of any solution I go for?
Other facts that might be relevant.
a. I discovered that I ve got a bent a pin on the USB 3.0 port of the motherboard and as a result I can’t plug the USB cable. Could it affect the system in any additional way other than the obvious?
b. Oddly enough, I have stopped being able to log into bios with my wireless keyboard, even if I was able to do so for a good weeks without a problem. Legacy support is enabled and I ve reset the bios a couple of times. Is this perhaps a sign of a failing motherboard?
Thank you for your help
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