2x Crucial Ballistix SP DDR3-1600 SC - 4GB making my system crash?

[Troels Vestergaard]

So basically whenever i play graphic heavy games, or just games in general, my pc is crashing. I recently bought another Crucial Ballistix SP DDR3-1600 SC - 4GB ram module for my pc (4 gb to 8 gb of ram) and my pc started to crash within 15-20 minutes of gaming. Plugging out the new Ram module it is not happening, is it my new ram which is broken, or is it something else?

I have formatted all Hard drives, and reinstalled windows 8.1 on my pc, because i was afraid it was virus related. All new drivers are installed. So I'm convinced that it is a hardware related problem!

Specs:
MSI GeForce GTX 760 Twin Frozr - 2GB
Cooler Master B600 - 600W PSU
ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 Motherboard
AMD FX-6300 Black
2x Crucial Ballistix SP DDR3-1600 SC - 4GB
Seagate® Desktop SSHD 1TB
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB 2.5" OEM

 

[PapaWood]

Well if you just bought the stick, and the BIOS is reading it correctly, why not replace it under warranty. It happens, does your motherboard happen to have a memory test button, or another way to test the memory?

 

[Troels Vestergaard]

Well if you just bought the stick, and the BIOS is reading it correctly, why not replace it under warranty. It happens, does your motherboard happen to have a memory test button, or another way to test the memory?

I actually dont know if it has, how do i find out?

 

[Tradesman1]

Go into BIOS and try raising the DRAM voltage + 0.05, if it's a 1.5 stick take it to 1.55. Sounds like the sticks don't want to play nice. The increased voltage often can help and is perfectly safe.

 

[Troels Vestergaard]

Ok thanks, I'll try it tomorrow, and let you know if it works!

 

[Tradesman1]

Will be around 😉

 

[Troels Vestergaard]

Go into BIOS and try raising the DRAM voltage + 0.05, if it's a 1.5 stick take it to 1.55. Sounds like the sticks don't want to play nice. The increased voltage often can help and is perfectly safe.

It did work, I've now played 1:5 hours straight with no crash. My ram says 1.5V on the module, but in bios it was set to 1.6V by default. Increased it to 1.65V and no crash. Amazing, thank you so much!

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries 😉