memory problems with 4 gb ram

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f_vo

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Hi guys,

having 2 gb of 1333 mhz DDR3....apparantly not enough if disabling the pagefile. So i bought 2 more sticks some 5 weeks ago, installed it and every 5-10 min i had a "hang-up" and needed to force down and then restart.

Needed to remove the memory and then i saw it. It clearly says on the sticks 'OCZ3G13332GK' (the first G is for Gold), should have been 'OCZ3P13332GK' (the P stands for Platinum). The only difference here is the latency speed. So i returned the memory and yesterday i got the right one.
Surprise .... surprise, 'hang-ups' are back.
So the question : does anyone know if there is a problem with the memory when handling 4 sticks or could it be the Asus board? (P5K64 WS MB S775 Fsb1333 Q P35 4DDRIII13 4xPe16).

I opened the case the first time i had problems put a fan before it, this did not make a difference. Didn't try this now.

thanks

François

PS

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the 5 weeks because it took a while to get the stuff
 

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I just put in 4Gb a few weeks ago and no hang-ups yet.... are you doing anything in particular when this happens or just booting up?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 ; 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    3 160gb internal 60gb external 250gb external
I don't recommend totally disabling the page file. Some applications look for it, and will throw errors/crash if it's not there/accessable. You're right in thinking it's not necessary with enough RAM, though. So instead of shutting it off completely, resize it to 512MB or maybe a little smaller.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64) Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
yes guys, but i am working on the machine for some 2 months now with only 2GB and no need for the pagefile, but recently adding programs like Diskeeper, keeping Outlook on all the time, more memory is needed. So if the 2 gb without pagefile work fine, it should work fine with 4gb and still no pagefile. I am afraid that the syncronization of the 4 sticks might give problems??

thanks

françois
 

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4 sticks are harder to drive electrically than just two. Unfortunately, many mobo makers only test/certify two at a time. There's two main things I've seen: One is there may be a little too much voltage drop since the board is having to run twice the modules. The second is it is usual that 4 DIMMS require a 2T command rate, instead of the standard 1T which you would use for a pair.

At this point I would manually set the timings and voltages to the memory maker's spec, and ensure the command rate is set to 2T. Check the manual for your Mobo to see if there's a setting to compensate for voltage drop - Just note that it's there for now. If there isn't a vDrop/vDroop setting, then you can compensate by increasing the voltage to your DIMMS a step, if needed.

There are a few programs to watch your voltages from your desktop - I have/use Everest Ultimate from Lavalys for that, but it'd be overkill if voltage monitoring is all you want to do...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64) Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
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