Newly bought RAM messes everything up :(

[Guest]

I bought 16 gigs today and was happy as can be. Alas, I get home, put the new 2x8 into my MB and then everything falls apart. I get a lot of different blue screens of death including ones with these errors:

IRCL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
PFN_LIST_CORUPT
DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

The RAM bought is: Kingston HyperX FURY Black Series - 2x8GB DDR3 1866MHz PC3-14900 CL10

Please help :.(

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Test one at a time and see if one is bad.

Also, according to spec sheets the mobo will accept 1866MHz RAM, but it needs to be overclocked first. You'll have to go into your BIOS and make sure the RAM is actually running at its advertised speed.

 

[Eximo]

I would start by undoing your CPU overclock. Memory controller is integrated onto the CPU and this new memory could be pushing it over the edge.

Make sure the memory profile is properly set up and not running too much voltage through the CPU. If you purchased 1.65 volt memory, that wasn't wise. 1.575 is the recommended maximum (Though many people swear they don't have problems running 1.7 volts, so hard to say)

Did you install this in addition to the memory you already had, or replaced the old memory?

 

[sizzling]

Did you take the old ram out

 

[Guest]

Thanks, people. There. Lessened the OC into a slight something variant. Replaced the old ones. Then tried with 1x8 - it worked, then with 2x8 - and now it's stable: But it says that the memory (in Windows) runs at 900-something. In BIOS it says 1867?

CORRECTION: IT says 1903 MHz in the BIOS. Doesn't make any sense

 

[Eximo]

Just variations on base clock probably 100.5 Mhz or something, multipliers add up literally when it does the math.

DDR = Double Data Rate so the actual frequency is half what is advertised. 933Mhz would be the actual rough target frequency.