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Thread ID: 116733	2011-03-17 21:47:00	Problems with new sandybridge build	dugimodo (138)	Press F1

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1187164	2011-04-03 23:02:00	mine were set on auto and used the SPD - I checked them against the RAM specs and they are correct. I still had to increase the voltage to make it stable. A couple of curious observations though; in safe mode it didn't freeze in XP home it didn't freeze Memtest passed extended tests for over 6 hours in 64 bit win 7 it froze - makes me wonder if all the prior things are 32 bit and 64 bit windows stresses the RAM more or is less tolerent of minor timing issues. Not enough testing to be definitive just a speculation.	dugimodo (138)
1187165	2011-04-03 23:14:00	As far as I know the QVL is just a list of memory modules that were tested and found to work, eg: it is not the only RAM that can work. Any RAM with an SPD is supposed to give the timings to the board, and if on Auto will set the timings properly.	Agent_24 (57)
1187166	2011-04-05 01:13:00	dugimodo, just want to say thanks. No guarantees yet as it has only been 26 hours but I think this is the longest my machine has run non-stop yet (actual run time not including sleep time). Changing the RAM voltage to 1.56 exactly as you did is the only thing I changed. Thanks for all the leg work on this. My only other machine build was several years ago with an AMD setup and I ended up with a similar unexplainable problem. Swapped out everything I could and finally gave up. Swore I'd never build my own machine again, but I couldn't resist. I never would have thought to just change the memory voltage away from the recommended value.	emkquinn (16282)
1187167	2011-04-15 03:07:00	9 days without a reboot! So are there any drawbacks to upping the memory voltage from 1.5 to 1.56? Is this just sucking a little extra power?	emkquinn (16282)
1187168	2011-04-15 03:52:00	9 days without a reboot! So are there any drawbacks to upping the memory voltage from 1.5 to 1.56? Is this just sucking a little extra power? Dont think there are drawbacks, check the RAM web-site and it will actually state the correct voltage...! I dont think.06 extra will hurt at any rate, i think they are supposed to go up to 1.65v for 1600 DDR3	SolMiester (139)
1187169	2011-04-15 04:54:00	Mine is still stable also, corsair suggested RMAing the RAM but after all this I'm not touching it. Anything that doesn't have a tolerance for .06v is poorly designed IMO. I actually set mine to 1.58 by accident a while ago but it's still going strong.	dugimodo (138)
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