Hi all, thanks in advance! Have a GA-X38-DQ6, received it from Gigabyte as an RMA replacement for a board that went bad on me (same model). Also have two 1GB sticks of Patriot pc2-8500 memory, which the board auto-detects at 5-7-7-21 (they're rated at 5-5-5-9).
The system ran fine for a few weeks, but I've suddenly started having app crashes and blue-screens.
Running memtest on each stick individually shows no errors, even after several passes. Running it with both sticks usually shows an error on the first pass, sometimes not until the second. I have a fan on the memory, but it still runs pretty hot (rated at 2.3V).
Monitoring system voltages, they all seem within range.
Side effects:
I'd call it a memory issue, but the fact that both sticks need to be in to fail and the message about the BIOS checksum make me think it could be a motherboard issue.
What are your opinions: memory or board?
Thanks!
The system ran fine for a few weeks, but I've suddenly started having app crashes and blue-screens.
Running memtest on each stick individually shows no errors, even after several passes. Running it with both sticks usually shows an error on the first pass, sometimes not until the second. I have a fan on the memory, but it still runs pretty hot (rated at 2.3V).
Monitoring system voltages, they all seem within range.
Side effects:
- my graphics card was at one point idling at 90C, which I'm assuming happened because the catalyst drivers crashed... haven't seen that but the one time
- Windows has become corrupted and chkdsk runs sometimes on reboot... assuming memory issues caused file corruption
- I occasionally get a message from the BIOS saying there's a checksum error, and the BIOS is being recovered
I'd call it a memory issue, but the fact that both sticks need to be in to fail and the message about the BIOS checksum make me think it could be a motherboard issue.
What are your opinions: memory or board?
Thanks!
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