[SOLVED] Crashing during games (not overheating) AIDA Hardware Fail

[josh8587]

My system has been intermittently crashing during games with demanding graphics. It usually seems to happen after playing for over an hour or so. By crashing, I mean sometimes throwing a driver error and freezing or BSODing.

I assumed overheating, but have monitored my CPU and GPU temperatures and they seem normal.

Just recently I have run AIDA64's System Stability Test and found that my system fails in usually under two minutes when "Stress System Memory" is selected. If I don't select this option, the system test runs fine. I have tried removing and testing one stick of RAM at a time in AIDA64 (only selecting "Stress System Memory") and the test runs normally. I put both sticks back in and ran the same test and it failed. I have run the built-in memory checker in Windows with clear results.

Any ideas?

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4771 @ 3.50GHz 48 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VI HERO (SOCKET 1150) 28 °C
Graphics
Standard Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
Standard Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (EVGA) 49 °C
Storage
238GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SATA (SSD)) 28 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SATA (SSD)) 25 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA ) 27 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI DVD A DH16AASH
Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

 

[alceryes]

Stressing system memory also stresses the memory controller (on the CPU). When you have both sticks in, your system is running in dual channel mode causing more of a strain.

If your load temps are okay you could try increasing the memory controller and/or memory voltage by a small margin.

 

[josh8587]

Stressing system memory also stresses the memory controller (on the CPU). When you have both sticks in, your system is running in dual channel mode causing more of a strain.

If your load temps are okay you could try increasing the memory controller and/or memory voltage by a small margin.

I've removed one stick of RAM and the computer seems stable for now. Thanks for your help!