Well everything was stable for a while but now my RAM is acting up. G.Skill F2-8000PHU1-1GBHZ, I'm now at 2.4v hoping it will help. It's at 266/533 and I was stable all the way up to 400 MHz FSB. I've since pared it back to 375 or so, and it runs all day and after sitting idle for several hours, gets unstable. I went all the way down to 310 FSB for a while and it was still unstable so I started suspecting the RAM. PFN_LIST_CORRUPT or other bluescreens. If I orthos after a long idle period, the CPU-only test is stable but blend bluescreens immediately, it's definitely RAM. Timings are at 5-5-5-12 (was 5-5-5-8 and stable for a while) and there's lots of air blowing around. This RAM is rated 2.2-2.4 and since it is at 266/533 it's not overclocked really, so I'm surprised there's a problem. I thought I might have pushed the volts too far and dropped it to 2.0v but that was nearly fatal - got 3 beeps trying to start with the CMOS Recovery jumper set! After a cooldown period it seemed to boot long enough for me to increase the voltage.
I'm in a bit of a panic since 2.4v and 5-5-5-12 is about as far as I can go. I'm afraid the higher voltage is slowly damaging it and it's going to hit the wall if I try to push any more. What can I do to loosen the burden on the RAM???
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