Fixing RAM instability on Biostar B550MH for Orion?
Every time the screen filled with neon effects, the game would just vanish to the desktop without a word, which was incredibly stressful. The Biostar B550MH was struggling with the 3200MHz XMP profile; at 1.35V, the voltage was just slightly too unstable, causing random bit-flips when processing massive vertex data. I tried updating the BIOS first, but the crashes actually got worse, making me paranoid that my RAM sticks were dying. I eventually went manual in the BIOS, bumped the DRAM voltage to 1.38V, and loosened the timings from 16-18-18-38 to 18-20-20-40. After four loops of MemTest86, the error count went from 15 to zero, and the stability jump was night and day. I did notice a tiny 2ns increase in memory latency, but that's a fair trade for not crashing every twenty minutes. RAM temps are now 45-52℃ and VRMs are around 60-65℃. Stress tests confirm no more overflows, and the game finally feels responsive.
