BSOD at random intervals, no specific pattern even after clean install

essenbe said:

What manufacturer and model of motherboard do you have.

you should have an option for dram timings and dram voltage.

ASUS P5N-D motherboard.

Yes, there are options but the RAM does not state the timings and the voltage it does state is less than any option available in the BIOS.

essenbe said:

For future reference, your motherboard drivers, bios updates and manual can be found here. Optimized defaults is found under the exit menu, or by pressing F5. I'll update this post in a minute.

The lowest voltage for ram listed in the manual is 1.850

Thanks. I'd used Ctrl+F to find 'optimized' but couldn't. And yes, but the RAM says 1.8 on the sticker.

essenbe said:

In your bios, I think it is called set up default. F5 should bring it up. Then set the boot order, ram timings and voltage, and look at the sata mode to see what it is.

And never be afraid to ask questions. We don't mind a bit. I would rather you ask, than do something wrong, then have to fix it. The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask.

Brilliant, thank you!

Right. Set defaults, set the boot order and changed the DRAM voltage. I have attached the sata screenshot beneath but cannot find out what timings to set to my RAM.

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Britton30 said:

Can you post a snap of the boot priority screen?
Is the OS on the OCZ drive?

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The OS is on the OCZ solid state, yes.

essenbe said:

Do you have an option of choosing which hard disk? You have 2.

Nope. That's the thing. The screenshot shows the options I have - of which it just states 'Hard Disk'. I thought the OCZ might be loose but it's not and it still registers in the BIOS as attached.

Most confusing!!

In the Boot menu it gives you the opportunity to change the order of the Hard Disk Drives but I'm not sure this would work.