The computer was purchased in late 2011, and it assembled by MAINGEAR from a list of parts on its website. Its motherboard is an Intel DZ68DB. It’s had this problem for a long time now, and it did pass MEMTest. (Aside from the error on boot, there is basically nothing wrong with the computer.)
Incidentally, when I ordered the computer I chose DDR3-1600 RAM without realizing that the Intel DZ68DB motherboard is only rated for DDR3-1333. If MAINGEAR configured the BIOS was to run the RAM faster than the motherboard was rated for, would that cause this kind of error? CPU-Z is saying that the DRAM frequency is 798.3 MHz, which corresponds to the speed of DDR3-1600...
There have been BIOS updates for that motherboard since that release, so if you’re comfortable doing so, I’d recommend running them. I’d also see if there’s an internal POST error log, and clear that, if possible.
If that doesn’t fix it, the problem is likely related to the motherboard trying to automatically set the memory speed—either the memory’s SPD module is corrupted, or it likes a timing mode that the motherboard doesn’t. Manually setting the memory mode to match what you see in CPU-Z during normal operation should solve the problem. I’d advise doing so only if you’re comfortable resetting the BIOS manually, however.
The memory setting actually is manually configured. Changing the memory settings to “Automatic” caused the computer to endlessly reboot before I could even get into the BIOS to set it back. I had to open up my computer and temporarily remove the CMOS battery in order to get it to boot up again. And manually setting the memory speed to 1333 didn’t get rid of the error either.
The computer was purchased in late 2011, and it assembled by MAINGEAR from a list of parts on its website. Its motherboard is an Intel DZ68DB. It’s had this problem for a long time now, and it did pass MEMTest. (Aside from the error on boot, there is basically nothing wrong with the computer.)
Incidentally, when I ordered the computer I chose DDR3-1600 RAM without realizing that the Intel DZ68DB motherboard is only rated for DDR3-1333. If MAINGEAR configured the BIOS was to run the RAM faster than the motherboard was rated for, would that cause this kind of error? CPU-Z is saying that the DRAM frequency is 798.3 MHz, which corresponds to the speed of DDR3-1600...
There have been BIOS updates for that motherboard since that release, so if you’re comfortable doing so, I’d recommend running them. I’d also see if there’s an internal POST error log, and clear that, if possible.
If that doesn’t fix it, the problem is likely related to the motherboard trying to automatically set the memory speed—either the memory’s SPD module is corrupted, or it likes a timing mode that the motherboard doesn’t. Manually setting the memory mode to match what you see in CPU-Z during normal operation should solve the problem. I’d advise doing so only if you’re comfortable resetting the BIOS manually, however.
I’ve tried BIOS updates. Didn’t help.
The memory setting actually is manually configured. Changing the memory settings to “Automatic” caused the computer to endlessly reboot before I could even get into the BIOS to set it back. I had to open up my computer and temporarily remove the CMOS battery in order to get it to boot up again. And manually setting the memory speed to 1333 didn’t get rid of the error either.