Memory management BSODs - q6600 OC

[mcmonsterkill]

I've been trying to OC my q6600 on my p5q-e mobo. I can get 3.0 stable forever, but as soon as I try to get to 3.2 I start getting "memory management" BSODs out the wazoo. I've tried all kinds of settings for my RAM and it really doesn't seem to make a bit of difference. I'm using g skill 2x2 ddr2-1066. I've been trying all of this with a 9x multi... would switching help in anyway?

I'm assuming the problem is the RAM. Do I need to run memtest at this point or could it be some setting that I am overlooking in BIOS that is causing this?

I know I probably didn't give enough info, I'm a pretty big noob when it comes to overclocking. I will gladly provide more info if you guys tell me what is relevant.

 

[mcmonsterkill]

Well Ive done some searching on the internet. Someone suggested that this can be caused by driver issues. I just recently had some trouble with my video card driver and did a reinstall. I guess ill try to redo that and make sure I take a look at all the other drivers when I get home.

 

[mcmonsterkill]

Got home and checked the device manager. No yellow flags so I thought I would do a quick test of RAM. Reset all settings to default in BIOS and set my RAM to stock settings. 5-5-5-15 2.1V 1066 (g skill ddr2-1066). It failed almost immediately. edit: I used the windows memory diagnostic tool that comes with Vista.

My conclusion, G skill RAM sucks. After reading the newegg reviews I can see that plenty of people who actually know what they are talking about came to the same conclusion.

Right now Im running a 3.2 GHz OC with my RAM at 1:1 (712MHz?) 5-5-5-18 2.05V. Stable so far with prime small FFT. Hopefully it'll hold up to a blend test after I finish this. To bad I paid for 1066 ram.

How much performance am I losing since I can't run my RAM at the rated speeds?

 

[cjl]

Very little to none. Honestly, for the older FSB architecture, DDR2-800 is easily adequate in almost all circumstances, unless you plan on pushing a FSB >1600MHz.

 

[mcmonsterkill]

Well Ive got my comp running a 3.3 GHz OC with 1:1 734MHz RAM (ZZzz...), 12 hours prime small fft stable.

One thing I noticed is that there are several options in BIOS for RAM that say if you disable them they may increase RAM overclocking potential. Maybe If I had messed with those options I could have gotten 1066. I didn't really understand that 1066 RAM is 800 that is supposed to be OCd. Maybe my RAM isn't junk afterall.

I think im just going to call it good enough for now though.