Windows 10: Windows10 BSOD, detected memory issues only on dual channels

Hi,

I’ve been getting frequent BSODs in Windows10 for some time now (Linux is running ok), and after a clean reinstall I still got them. I’ve decided to do a memory check (per this guide ) and the tool only detects memory issues when both RAM sticks are inserted.

When any individual stick is in any slot there are no problems detected. Only when both sticks are inserted, either its the 0-2 slots or the 1-3 slots on the MOBO.

Any thoughts on that could be the problem? Maybe a faulty MOBO? There is no longer any OC on the CPU, but until one month ago I was running a pretty low OC of 200MHz over standard (i5 8600k), but right when I got the new CPU I was testing around with the max OC possible, could this have anything to do with the problems? Again, no OC is currently on the system while doing the memcheck.

Any feedback is appreciated.

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What is Better Dual or Single Channel Memory?

Dual channel is always better then single.

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As others have said, it`s all in your head, the only way to prove it is to run winsat mem with 1 stick in single channel then 2 sticks in dual channel.

As far as booting from a usb stick, you have to choose it in the one time boot menu (not the bios) unless you go into the bios and list usb as the first boot option (you do not want to do that)

My settings

1) DVD drive
2) Boot drive
3) Disable
4) Disable

etc
etc
etc

Any time you want to deviate just use the boot menu, as mentioned


For example, If you want to boot into a Linux distro on a flash drive, just follow the above rule.

 

single channel ddr3 vs dual channel ddr3

I've got two 10 year old laptops and I'm upgrading the memory to 8GB. On Speccy it's currently reporting the RAM as

HP: DDR3 Single channel PC3-12800, 2 slots both used
Toshiba: DDR3 Dual channel PC3-10700 2 slots one used

I'm confused so please correct me if I am making the correct assertions below. BTW I'm buying the ram secondhand off of Ebay and not buying from e.g. Crucial as too expensive otherwise I would use their memory wizard and be done:

ASSERTIONS:

1. The HP has a single channel memory architecture on the MB but the Toshiba has dual channel architecture on it's MB.
2. Any DDR3 SODIMM will work so I could use PC3-12800 on either laptop using a 2 x 4GB config.
3. Dual and single channel refers to the MB design and not the physical structure of the memory sticks. But if the memory sticks are labelled dual channel it means that they are designed to work with second paired memory stick in the appropriate channel.

Many thanks for any help in setting me straight if reqd

 

OCZ DDR2 800 - Dual Channel mode wrong?

The P5KC manual is quite unclear on this.

Page 2-14 says that for DDR2 module installation, Channel A is sockets DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 and Channel B is Sockets DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2. This ties in with what you are saying.

However, the next page lists memory configuartions for Single and Dual Channel and it clearly state that for Dual Channel (1) you should use A_1 and B_1. This is what I had, but I tried A_2 and B_2 as well.

I will giveyour suggestion try though - thanks

EDIT - As I suspected, that put it into Single Channel mode and really affected performance noticably