I am trying to get the 2 x 2Gb Kingston KHX8500D2T1K2/4G RAM to work at 1066MHz on my Asus M3A78-EM. The board supports DDR2 1066 and lists the Kingston as supported DIMM, but using auto setting in the bios results in periodic BSOD. Running memtest, when the RAM is at 800MHz it, the DIMMs passed without error, but when at 1066MHz they fail starting at test 5. I know I need to modify the RAM timing and voltage. However, I tried many different settings and still can't get them to pass memtest. So I am wondering if anybody actually has this combination of RAM and board and is able to run them at 1066? If you have other 1066 RAM reply too and let me try your setting. Thanks
Set the ram voltage to 2.2v, and back everything else off. If it passes the memory test, start bringing things up slowly untill you have problems. If the memory will not work at 1066-5-5-5-16-2.2V, then bring it back; it is bad memory.
I can set overvoltage to 2.2, and timing to 5-5-5-15 in the Bios, but when I run memtest it says its something like 5-4-5-18 @ 2.2V. Maybe I'll post some bios screenshot later. But the question is, is it really the RAM that's the problem? I switched to the Kingston only because my older Corsair RAM have gone bad, just 3 months after the purchase. So I think there may be something with the motherboard. What do you guys think?
Corsair almost never fails that early...it might be a bad board (Asus has not made a good mainboard in at least 4 years). The fact that it will not apply the settings you tell it to is evidence of the low quality and poor design. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CORSAIR PART FAIL IN THE FIRST 3 YEARS WITHOUT A POWER SURGE...I HAVE HAD KINGSTON MEMORY FAIL WITHIN A DAY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
