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Temporarily set the memory performance timings in the BIOS to their most conservative settings. If your motherboard manual doesn't have the information you need to identify these settings, check outAdrian's Rojak Pot Definitive BIOS Guide or LostCircuits BIOS Guide. After you set the memory performance timings to their most conservative settings, do the problems go away? If so, slowly change the memory timings to more aggressive settings until the problem reappears, then undo that change. This may require a little trial and error to figure out which setting is causing the problem. If the memory isn't reaching its rated speed or latencies, let one of our technicians know. If slowing the memory latency timings to their most conservative settings doesn't fix the problem, then it is most likely another component or another issue that is causing the instability problems.If you suspect that instability problems ar

Upgrade your BIOS to the latest version, performance problems are sometimes BIOS bugs. Are you running your memory asynchronously? Asynchronous memory modes can hurt performance in some applications/benchmarks because of added latencies at the chipset level. If you're comparing your benchmark result to other peoples results, make sure you're comparing apples to apples. Are they running their memory synchronously or asynchronously? Does their motherboard use the same chipset? Are the modules rated for the same speed/latency? These are the main things that will cause different benchmark results. Are the memory latency settings in the BIOS set too conservatively? If you don't know which settings in the BIOS increase memory performance, if you don't know which options are faster and your motherboard manual doesn't help, check out Adrian's Rojak Pot Definitive BIOS Guide or LostCircuits BIOS Guide.  

Upgrade your BIOS to the latest version, performance problems are sometimes BIOS bugs. Are you running your memory asynchronously? Asynchronous memory modes can hurt performance in some applications/benchmarks because of added latencies at the chipset level. If you're comparing your benchmark result to other peoples results, make sure you're comparing apples to apples. Are they running their memory synchronously or asynchronously? Does their motherboard use the same chipset? Are the modules rated for the same speed/latency? These are the main things that will cause different benchmark results. Are the memory latency settings in the BIOS set too conservatively? If you don't know which settings in the BIOS increase memory performance, if you don't know which options are faster and your motherboard manual doesn't help, check out Adrian's Rojak Pot Definitive BIOS Guide or LostCircuits BIOS Guide.