Is this a problem with the ram?

[Bbq]

I got some new ram (G.Skill ZX series) and from the start, I was having problems. Random restarts, random crashes, and lockups. I ran memtest86+ and it came back with no errors. Strange. So I just continued using it, and then the crashes got worse and worse. Then I ran memtest again. 1058 errors in under 23 minutes. The next day, I took it back to the shop I bought it, and got a new set of G.Skill ZX. Less crashes, but still crashing like mad. Ran memtest, 168 errors in 3 minutes. I took it back again, and got my THIRD pair. This time, it only crashes when I'm using Paint, Photoshop, and Imageready. Not to mention when I set the 166mhz divider (ASRock 939dual-sata2) the ram would underclock itself to 158 mhz. Even with the 1:1 (200mhz divider) it would underclock itself to that, and auto-default itself to 3-3-3-8-11-256. I popped in the ram I was replacing, Crucial Ballistix 2x256 DDR500. It ran with no errors whatsoever, no random crashing, no underclocking, and ran at full speed. Could the ram be the fault?

I am dissapointed with the G.Skill.

[nn_step]

It is your Mobo that is causing the Problems not the Ram.
ASrock is kind of famous for having very picky Mobos (and blown caps)

[Bbq]

I bought the board off a friend, and he had no problems running G.Skill ZX. Also, no blown caps on the board; it's less than 4 months old.

Specs that I forgot:

amd Opteron 146 CABYE 0536 FPMW (is that a good stepping)
ASRock 939dual-sata2
GeForce 7800gt
OCZ Powerstream 600w
8x seagate cheetah 15k 146gb
8x Maxtor atlas 15k 146gb
4x Raptor 10k 74gb
2x Broadcom scsi raid card
1x 3com sata raid
Coolermaster Cavalier
2x Silverstone FM121
Zalman CNPS 7700

[Coroner Kyle]

Try the ram in another MB to be sure. I'm thinking nn_step is correct. Oh, by the way you think I could borrow a HD or two or ten. ;)

[Bbq]

I tried it in my P4 (p4 northwood, single hard drive, radeon 9250) and it runs pretty damn unstable, but absolutely no memtest errors. I ran it continuously for 2 days.

[DAK1640]

That pretty much sums it up, Mobo is the problem...

[Bbq]

I doubt it's the mobherboard, seeing how it works fine with ocz, crucial, corsair, samsung, and pretty much every other type of ram, with no problems. In adition to that, it also runs unstable on my P4.

[nn_step]

if you feel that they are flawed.. I strongly suggest you RMA them..
But more often than not, The biggest problem is caused between the keyboard and the chair

[DAK1640]

if you feel that they are flawed.. I strongly suggest you RMA them..
But more often than not, The biggest problem is caused between the keyboard and the chair

So excellent...lmao..."The biggest problem is caused between the keyboard and the chair:

[nn_step]

Heck I've benchmarked Better with Crappy TCCC sticks than any Noob can do with Handpicked TCCD... It is all about the person not the hardware.. Heck give me and my soldering Iron twenty minutes alone with that board.. and I can can make it really shine

[Bbq]

lol.

Tossed in the OCZ DDR booster (the bios only has 3 options; high, normal, auto) and cranked it up to 2.7, and no dice.

[Bbq]

It's been vModded already. The board, that is.

Even at stock speeds (200mhz, loostened timings up to 3-4-4-12) it still causes mass unstability. I need my system to be up 24/7. I'll try memtesting it again, and if anything goes wrong, then I'll have to get a 4'th pair.

[nn_step]

It's been vModded already. The board, that is.

Even at stock speeds (200mhz, loostened timings up to 3-4-4-12) it still causes mass unstability. I need my system to be up 24/7. I'll try memtesting it again, and if anything goes wrong, then I'll have to get a 4'th pair.
you do realize overvolting Ram can make the chips unstable right?

[Bbq]

It's set on default

[nn_step]

Crank it to 2.7volts then

[thegoatman]

lol... "overvolting makes it unstable" "it's at stock" "crank it up then!"

Sry, I'm not trying to be a jerk. Just funny seeing that. When you're out of options though, the more you do to test the better.