Help with ram problem

[a911master]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to get 8 gigs in my pc but when i put all 8 gigs in it runs very slow but with 4gigs it is better and even better with 2 gigs.

I have intel i5 750 on a biostar tp55 mobo
cpu clock 140.3
mem clock 561.2
cpu speed 2805
the computer sees all of the memory

 

[computersplus]

Memory

are you using all matched memory also check you memory voltages in the bios

 

[computersplus]

Overclock

does it do this when your not overclocked

 

[a911master]

yes it does this at stock settings and yes they are macthed the voltage is 1.599

 

[a911master]

the latency is 8-8-8 @1.65 volts so they say

 

[computersplus]

Ram

I usually run my ram a little over max especially if you overclock helps with stability I never use auto settings in the bios i set everything manually you may want to loosen timings a bit

 

[a911master]

when you say lossen up the timming a bit you mean make them higher and should i run the voltage around 1.7

 

[computersplus]

Ram

like instead of 8-8-8-24 try 9-9-9-24 I would at least give the ram the max stock voltage I don't know what voltage settings you have you in your bios but you could give a little bit more

what are you using for a power supply

 

[a911master]

not sure one that came with the case i will find out thanks

 

[computersplus]

power supply

it really helps to have a good power supply pretty much anything that comes with a cheap case is junk get one of these

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Power Supplies

always build your system around a good power supply

 

[Wishmaster]

Im assuming youve done the basics already, all drivers up to date, chipset etc?
Have you tested for stablitiy with all the DIMMS full?
Possibly why it seems slower, if not completely stable.


You may need to underclock the RAM slightly to get stable with all 4 slots full , or increase NB voltages to compensate for the additional load..

All boards are different, and react differently.

When the say its rated for X speed up to X amount of RAM, doesn't always mean it can do both at the same time.

It depends on the board itself.

May also want to check the Man. site, to see if theres a critical bios update relating to RAM

And as computersplus suggested, set the voltage to whatever the RAM is rated for at its MAX side.

overclocking will be much more difficult with all slots full as well.

 

[computersplus]

settings

i would just try to get everything stable at stock speeds and go from there

 

[a911master]

Ok i have had several hr on the phone with the support they were not very helpful i tried running in safe mode and evrything ran fast and stable i ran memtest86+ the ram was fine what can cause it to be good in safe mode

 

[computersplus]

Startup

in msconfig look at your startup tab and get rid of as much stuff from the startup list that is not essential which is most of it then on the services tab check the box that says hide MS services then what is left in the list you can uncheck most of that then boot windows normally and see what you get

 

[a911master]

The problem is the video card when i install the drivers for this card my pc starts to frezze but i think it is the video card that is frezzing is there a way to give the card a specific amount or ram

 

[computersplus]

Video

there have been a lot of video card driver issues with ATI and Nvidia both

 

[acurasd]

If this is a video card, see if you can go to your ATI or Nvidia driver site and download older driver set, I had to roll back my drivers 2nd from the newest to get my games to work and i had o hack my ini file that installs the drivers just to get it to work. it wansn't working too well playing left 4 dead 2. It would join in the game and freeze and now its all pretty


yeah i was seeing that too....

Another thing you can look at too. When you installed windows did you do a upgrade from Vista or Clean install?

When I upgraded my mom's computer.... her computer could take the 800mhz but i got the ones step higher with the heatsinks on them and replaced all the Ram... sometimes if your not using the same RAM that can do it too. I replaced all the ram at the same time.

You got to understand if you didn't build the computer and you bought it from the store.. you pretty much were entitled to the cheapest **** when you bought it. So, you get what you paid for...

 

[a911master]

i built it my self i did not replace the video card maybe i should do that

 

[a911master]

Ok it was my power supply it in fact was junk and to small with what i am running what size power supply do i need to get the max out of this rig

 

[computersplus]

Power Supply

Ok it was my power supply it in fact was junk and to small with what i am running what size power supply do i need to get the max out of this rig

get the one in my previous post