G Skill Trident Z 16GB DDR4-3400 causing BSOD/System Instability

[Trippyturtle]

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if someone could give me insight as to what might be causing this system instability whenever I enable the XMP profile for my memory.

My setup:

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  Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor
  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan
  GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0)
  G.SKILL Trident Z 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3400
  EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0
  SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2 1TB
  Corsair Certified CX-M Series CX750M 750W

So as I said when I enable the XMP profile I will sometimes run into the BSOD. I read some other threads that advised to manually set all the settings which I have tried to no avail. I also run my CPU at a slight overclock @ 4.4GHz which some other people have suggested could help. Although this does seem to help somewhat I still run into system instability. Also in case someone asks I have the most current BIOS running (BIOS: F21).

My temps all seem to be fine, i.e no thermal issues that my monitoring software detects.
I've also run Memtest with no issues, so I don't believe its a faulty stick.

Has anyone else had this issue? Do I need more of an overclock on my CPU? Or do I need to adjust the voltages somewhere? I'm kind of at a loss so again if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.

 

[brispuss]

Bump the DRAM Voltage up if possible by 0.05 V. Don't exceed 1.35 V.

Raise the CPU core voltage by 0.01 V.

 

[Trippyturtle]

Bump the DRAM Voltage up if possible by 0.05 V. Don't exceed 1.35 V.

Raise the CPU core voltage by 0.01 V.

Thanks for the reply, although it doesn't seem to help much. I tried a upping a couple different voltage settings and still wasn't able to get a stable system. If you or anyone else has another idea I would love to hear it.

 

[8924th]

As is the standard in all kinds of computer hardware troubleshooting, you should try to narrow down which piece of hardware causes the issue first before start taking wild guesses.

I'm willing to bet it's not the DRAM voltage at fault. Many RAM kits are rated for 1.35V, and yours most likely is too. Chances are it's getting supplied a bit more than that when XMP is enabled, likely closer to 1.4V if your BIOS shows you a live voltage feed somewhere.

One of the things you could do is try re-seating your RAM if you haven't, maybe try placing them in the other set of DIMMs and see if anything changes. Try to check if your system is still unstable with a single stick, and try the second one as well, keep a note of your results.

If you have a different RAM kit with XMP that you could try for testing purposes that would work well too. The chances of both kits being broken somehow is pretty low so if it's also failing with the control group then it would be safe to assume it could be an issue with the motherboard.

Besides, the BSOD itself could be helpful in telling you what's wrong. Do you think you could get a picture of it?