Rampage II Extreme: BSODs w/ XMP; Also, Computer Takes Longer To Boot, Etc.

[mlauzon]

I've got the latest BIOS: 2002. I kept getting a BSOD when I had XMP enabled in the BIOS for the 24GB of Corsair Vengence DDR3 RAM 1600 (4GB x 6; 9-9-9-24)...does XMP have a problem with the RAM?

So, currently I've got everything for the RAM set to Auto. Also, after a reboot, it takes a while to get to the POST, and Windows under device manager is now reporting -- which it wasn't doing before, and I have no idea why -- that the computer is a "ACPI x64-based PC", and this is after I added the other 12GB of RAM.

I also forgot to mention I've had a lot of problems with this motherboard a few months after I got it, one of the PCIe slots died, one of the LAN ports the same to a certain extent. After a BIOS update the computer reboots, but gets stuck and never POSTs, I have to reboot it manually and more often than not do a full power down a few times. I assume the board is still under warranty, but I don't know, I just found the serial number for the board again, so I still need to contact ASUS to find out.

So, any ideas?

[xeromist]

If you have a dead PCIe slot then I would definitely RMA the board if at all possible. If you don't know what caused the slot failure then you won't know if anything else on the board is damaged as well and could be causing your weird problems. I would say in regard to XMP that it is not always effective. All it is doing is reading what the RAM *should* operate at and trying to set that for you. Sometimes that information is too aggressive for the specific batch of RAM that you got (essentially bad) and sometimes that specific RAM just doesn't work well with your memory controller. If you can get it to work without XMP then I wouldn't worry. XMP doesn't give you anything that you can't do yourself with a little bit of work. But like I said, I would RMA the board first and not worry about tuning until you are sure you have a good board.

[Retired]

xeromist wrote:
If you have a dead PCIe slot then I would definitely RMA the board if at all possible. If you don't know what caused the slot failure then you won't know if anything else on the board is damaged as well and could be causing your weird problems. I would say in regard to XMP that it is not always effective. All it is doing is reading what the RAM *should* operate at and trying to set that for you. Sometimes that information is too aggressive for the specific batch of RAM that you got (essentially bad) and sometimes that specific RAM just doesn't work well with your memory controller. If you can get it to work without XMP then I wouldn't worry. XMP doesn't give you anything that you can't do yourself with a little bit of work. But like I said, I would RMA the board first and not worry about tuning until you are sure you have a good board.

What he said ^^ RMA the board if it has a PCIe slot that is dead.

One last thing "SALSA", 7 days left (smiles at xeromist)

[xeromist]

Gonasurvive wrote:
One last thing "SALSA", 7 days left (smiles at xeromist)

Gonna miss this one due to a prior engagement but have fun!

[mlauzon]

The RAM is fine, ran MemTest86.

I think it may be the board at fault.

Hopefully, if the board is still under warranty and I RMA it, I'm hoping they have no RIIE left -- just my bad luck if they do -- and provide me with the RIIIE to replace it.

[mlauzon]

So, does anyone have any ideas, or am I just wasting my time on this forum!