More memory woes -- Possible reason?

[wyattzx]

Hey guys. I'd update my previous thread, but I received no help in it, so I'll make a new thread. Luckily, I have more information to provide. 

 

Yesterday, I switched out my two sticks of HyperX Black DDR3 RAM (2x4GB 1600mhz) for four dimms of HyperX 4GB. (16GB)

 

All was well. It was working fine in Adobe Suite, it was working fine in Grand Theft Auto V. Then, last night, I queued up for. a ranked game of League of Legends. Mind you, I already played a game fine with the new kit. This was game #2. Midway through the lobby time, my screen went black, my fans spooled up, and a light on my motherboard (near my RAM dimms) went solid red. That was it. The computer hung, and didn't do anything for moments. I turned it off, and back on, checking the BIOS for any issues. It was all fine. I re-selected the D.C.H.P profile for the RAM, to confirm it was for the new kit. (the profiles are the same, though.) Queued up for another game, and it happened again. Decided to re-seat the RAM. One of the sticks appeared to not be seated properly, so I figured this was the issue. 

 

Today, around 4-5PM, it did it again. Except this time, it was while I was just watching Twitch. We reseated the RAM again, and let it go. It was fine for a few hours. 

 

Then, tonight, I went to queue up with my brother, assuming that it was okay. During the lobby, it did it again. Pissed, I let it go while I went to look for my motherboard manual. I couldn't find it, so I came back, ready to Google the questions, and look for my manual online. Except, the PC wouldn't even POST. The fans all spooled up, and the BIOS LED on my older 6870 came on. It had power. That was it though. I tried each dimm individually, and also no dimms at all. No luck. The monitor wouldn't even detect input. I took my youngest brother's PC, and retrieved a single dimm of his HyperX Fury RAM. I know it's supported on my board, as we have the same motherboards. No dice. I unplugged the power to my 6870 and also to my 970, one at a time. No dice. It wasn't until I turned off the PC entirely, as well as unplugged and replugged in my 8-pin CPU header that it even worked. Upon post, it read the single dimm of RAM I had in, and reported that my overclock apparently failed. I believe I can ignore this. 

 

I went in to my BIOS, and loaded the optimized defaults. I selected the profile on my RAM, and set up some standard clocks on my CPU. (1.3v, 20 ratio for 4ghz "oc.") I booted in to Windows fine. 

 

I then queued up for another Ranked game of League. About 45 seconds in, it did it AGAIN. The only difference this time, was that it did not hang. It restarted. No bluescreen. It just restarted, and prompted me that Windows did not shut down correctly. I waited the 30-minute penalty for the dodge, and queued up again. It did it again. This was 10 minutes ago.

 

Help? 

 

Edit: I repaired my League of Legends installation using their repair tool in the client, but I haven't re-installed it yet. I only do not do this, due to it hanging while watching Twitch. I am on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

[strykeofdesign]

Can you supply the other specs of your computer?

[wyattzx]

Can you supply the other specs of your computer?

They're in my signature. 

[itachipirate]

Hey guys. I'd update my previous thread, but I received no help in it, so I'll make a new thread. Luckily, I have more information to provide. 

 

Yesterday, I switched out my two sticks of HyperX Black DDR3 RAM (2x4GB 1600mhz) for four dimms of HyperX 4GB. (16GB)

 

All was well. It was working fine in Adobe Suite, it was working fine in Grand Theft Auto V. Then, last night, I queued up for. a ranked game of League of Legends. Mind you, I already played a game fine with the new kit. This was game #2. Midway through the lobby time, my screen went black, my fans spooled up, and a light on my motherboard (near my RAM dimms) went solid red. That was it. The computer hung, and didn't do anything for moments. I turned it off, and back on, checking the BIOS for any issues. It was all fine. I re-selected the D.C.H.P profile for the RAM, to confirm it was for the new kit. (the profiles are the same, though.) Queued up for another game, and it happened again. Decided to re-seat the RAM. One of the sticks appeared to not be seated properly, so I figured this was the issue. 

 

Today, around 4-5PM, it did it again. Except this time, it was while I was just watching Twitch. We reseated the RAM again, and let it go. It was fine for a few hours. 

 

Then, tonight, I went to queue up with my brother, assuming that it was okay. During the lobby, it did it again. Pissed, I let it go while I went to look for my motherboard manual. I couldn't find it, so I came back, ready to Google the questions, and look for my manual online. Except, the PC wouldn't even POST. The fans all spooled up, and the BIOS LED on my older 6870 came on. It had power. That was it though. I tried each dimm individually, and also no dimms at all. No luck. The monitor wouldn't even detect input. I took my youngest brother's PC, and retrieved a single dimm of his HyperX Fury RAM. I know it's supported on my board, as we have the same motherboards. No dice. I unplugged the power to my 6870 and also to my 970, one at a time. No dice. It wasn't until I turned off the PC entirely, as well as unplugged and replugged in my 8-pin CPU header that it even worked. Upon post, it read the single dimm of RAM I had in, and reported that my overclock apparently failed. I believe I can ignore this. 

 

I went in to my BIOS, and loaded the optimized defaults. I selected the profile on my RAM, and set up some standard clocks on my CPU. (1.3v, 20 ratio for 4ghz "oc.") I booted in to Windows fine. 

 

I then queued up for another Ranked game of League. About 45 seconds in, it did it AGAIN. The only difference this time, was that it did not hang. It restarted. No bluescreen. It just restarted, and prompted me that Windows did not shut down correctly. I waited the 30-minute penalty for the dodge, and queued up again. It did it again. This was 10 minutes ago.

 

Help? 

I have an FX-6300 and I can say this, AM3+ has the shittiest RAM spec detection ever (atleast on an Asus sabertooth 990fx, and Asus m5a99x) and every time I end up manually setting primary/secondary RAM timings to get a stable system. Make sure your voltage, RAM speed, and timings are all correct in the BIOS. Check the specs for your specific RAM online. Be glad you don't have generic RAM like me, I had to find the timings from a manufacturer's spec sheet and it took me hours. I also had some G.SKILL Ripjaws X that's speed wasn't detected correctly

[wyattzx]

I have an FX-6300 and I can say this, AM3+ has the shittiest RAM spec detection ever (atleast on an Asus sabertooth 990fx, and Asus m9a99x) and every time I end up manually setting primary/secondary RAM timings to get a stable system. Make sure your voltage, RAM speed, and timings are all correct in the BIOS. Check the specs for your specific RAM online. Be glad you don't have generic RAM like me, I had to find the timings from a manufacturer's spec sheet and it took me hours

I used the D.C.H.P profile, which clocked it at 9-9-9-27 timings, and 1.65V on the RAM. 1600mhz clock.

[itachipirate]

I used the D.C.H.P profile, which clocked it at 9-9-9-27 timings, and 1.65V on the RAM. 1600mhz clock.

Why so much voltage? Can you give me the RAM model number? 1.5v and 9-9-9-24 is the most common DDR3-1600 speed I've seen

[wyattzx]

Why so much voltage? Can you give me the RAM model number? 1.5v and 9-9-9-24 is the most common DDR3-1600 speed I've seen

It's on the sticks themselves. It's standard for the kit. My other set ran at 1.65v. Trust me, that's not the issue.

[itachipirate]

It's on the sticks themselves. It's standard for the kit. My other set ran at 1.65v. Trust me, that's not the issue.

Well do you know what command rate the RAM is supposed to run? There isn't any HyperX RAM listed on your motherboard's QVL for memory. You're about to hit 1k posts btw

[wyattzx]

Well do you know what command rate the RAM is supposed to run? There isn't any HyperX RAM listed on your motherboard's QVL for memory. You're about to hit 1k posts btw

On the dimm itself, it says 1.65v, and that it's designed for 1600mhz. And it's dual-channel. The kit ran fine in my brother's PC for a few years. (The kit is from the end of 2011.)

[itachipirate]

On the dimm itself, it says 1.65v, and that it's designed for 1600mhz. And it's dual-channel. The kit ran fine in my brother's PC for a few years. (The kit is from the end of 2011.)

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the kit, but your motherboard settings have to be just right for your RAM sometimes. You can find the model number in CPU-Z under the memory tab to get all of the more specific timings. You could also just try 1333mhz since you won't see much of a difference in performance anyway

[strykeofdesign]

On the dimm itself, it says 1.65v, and that it's designed for 1600mhz. And it's dual-channel. The kit ran fine in my brother's PC for a few years. (The kit is from the end of 2011.)

I have no idea to be honest, sorry.

[wyattzx]

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the kit, but your motherboard settings have to be just right for your RAM sometimes. You can find the model number in CPU-Z under the memory tab to get all of the more specific timings

If it has to be just right, explain how it worked fine for Adobe Suite (hit 80% usage in a project) and for GTA V?

[itachipirate]

If it has to be just right, explain how it worked fine for Adobe Suite (hit 80% usage in a project) and for GTA V?

Stability. I could use my computer for just about anything, and things like AIDA64 benchmark and Prime95 would run just fine. But man, that LAN Minecraft server would always freeze my computer after a few hours because my secondary timings were off (Not the 9-9-9-24 timings, those were correct.) I don't understand why I'm just trying to help you. I recommend either finding the model number, or try running it at 1333mhz