Hello All. I have 4 x 2GB Kingston DDR2 800mhz sticks on a GA-EP43-DS3L, E6550, Radeon HD 4350, and Vertex2 240 SSD running Win 7 HE x64. When all sticks are used my system either freezes/BSOD's or the graphics pause and recover a few times then BSOD's. I've tried isolating each part and testing separately and narrowed down the problem to the RAM. I tested each stick running it for 30mins each with no problems. I tested 2 sticks with no problems. Only when I run all 4 sticks do I get the freeze and BSOD. All were tested in a freshly installed OS with SP1 and all drivers, tested on a WD 160GB 7200 HDD and Vertex2. It's also not the mobo 'cause I had an HP mobo originally before the GA. 'Also had the VC - tested in another system and went fine. PSU is HP OEM 365watts. Has anyone else come across this? 'Appreciate any thoughts/help. Thanks!
What size cpu do you have ?and what is it running @... Also your power supply seems to be a little low for running 8 gigs of ram.. Is that power supply a Bestec? I would try a power supply over 500 watts.. make sure you buy a good brand name..
Thanks, Ghostman 1. I retained the original HP OEM PSU which has the following specs: 100-230v - 5A, 50-60hz, 365w max +5.08v - 19A +3.33v - 24A +12v - 12A +12v cpu - 14.5A -12v - 0.15A +5.08v aux - 3A max combined power of 5.08 and 3.33v is 160w The original HP mobo had 4 DIMM slots and allows up to 8GB DDR2 800 mhz, and I ran the system with 8GB, the video card, 1 x SSD and 2 x HDD (160GB and 1TB) since Nov 2010 before it started acting funny around June 2011. Would it be safe to assume that the PSU was specified sufficiently by HP for this setup? Would a different mobo (GA) have a higher power requirement? I retained all other components except the new mobo...
Hp and compaq use a low rate power supply and they are made cheap, In which they are always starving for power..I would try another PSU and see if that will help you..That would be a good starting point..
Did you enter the BIOS & manually configure the RAM speed, timings, & voltage? Did you test the RAM with memtest86? You didn't mention which CPU you have or which speed RAM you bought, but it's very possible the memory should be underclocked for best overall system performance.
Thanks for your response. I tested the RAM at both standard and fast speeds (turbo not tested) - not manually, but with the auto settings in the BIOS. Yes, I tested all using memtest 86+ with no reported problems. CPU is C2D E6550 2.33 ghz and ram is Kingston DDR2 800mhz. Do you have any recommendations on the RAM configs?
