I've had 2gb of ram (2x 1024mb pc-6400 OZC Platinum rev-2) installed for the past 6 months with no problems, however vista was using 65% of it when idle so I decided to add another 2gb of the same type.
Unfortunately it seems to be causing major instability, it crashes after 5 - 10 hours of operation. Sometimes its a blue screen with a memory reference error or other times it just hangs. It even crashed when running windows memory diagnostic tool.
Vista has its own built in memory diagnostic tool with any two sticks it runs fine with no problems it's only with 4 sticks that it crashes. When 2 sticks are installed it takes about 15 mins, when 4 sticks are installed the farthest it's gone is 25% complete then it just hangs for hours. There is a note down the bottom which warns that it might look like it is hanging when its actually preforming tests but i left it for 3 hours and it never moved past 25% and the keyboard became unresponsive.
I checked my BIOS settings and it's running at 1.85 volts with a shutoff max at 2.2 and a shutoff min of 1.5. Clock speed is set to Auto and its selected 800, and memory timings are 5-5-5-15 when the memory is certified to 4-4-4-15.
I am aware that 32-bit os can only reference 4gb's of memory in total due to the limitations of 32-bit memory reference. But I understand that the surplus memory should just remain idle and not cause it to crash.
Is it a problem with Windows or the motherboard? I made sure to reset the CMOS every time changed the configuration. Maybe its the DIMM 2 & 4 slots on my motherboard I don't know.
My system specs are as follows:-
Motherboard - Abit IN9 32X-MAX Wi-Fi
CPU - Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
GPU - Point of View GeForce 8800GTX
RAM - 4x 1024mb pc-6400 OZC Platinum rev-2
OS - Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately it seems to be causing major instability, it crashes after 5 - 10 hours of operation. Sometimes its a blue screen with a memory reference error or other times it just hangs. It even crashed when running windows memory diagnostic tool.
Vista has its own built in memory diagnostic tool with any two sticks it runs fine with no problems it's only with 4 sticks that it crashes. When 2 sticks are installed it takes about 15 mins, when 4 sticks are installed the farthest it's gone is 25% complete then it just hangs for hours. There is a note down the bottom which warns that it might look like it is hanging when its actually preforming tests but i left it for 3 hours and it never moved past 25% and the keyboard became unresponsive.
I checked my BIOS settings and it's running at 1.85 volts with a shutoff max at 2.2 and a shutoff min of 1.5. Clock speed is set to Auto and its selected 800, and memory timings are 5-5-5-15 when the memory is certified to 4-4-4-15.
I am aware that 32-bit os can only reference 4gb's of memory in total due to the limitations of 32-bit memory reference. But I understand that the surplus memory should just remain idle and not cause it to crash.
Is it a problem with Windows or the motherboard? I made sure to reset the CMOS every time changed the configuration. Maybe its the DIMM 2 & 4 slots on my motherboard I don't know.
My system specs are as follows:-
Motherboard - Abit IN9 32X-MAX Wi-Fi
CPU - Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
GPU - Point of View GeForce 8800GTX
RAM - 4x 1024mb pc-6400 OZC Platinum rev-2
OS - Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Any help would be appreciated.
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