Is my memory bad??

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:21 am

I have the corsair 3200 XMS 512 meg and for some reason I can't seem to get my system stable at 200 mhz bus speed. I can get into windows but it will eventually give me the blue scree, general protection faults and other....is that due to my memory??? my system temps are fine !!! arrrrg irritating!

Eric

=)PoLo(= · Post by **=)PoLo(=** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:42 am

It seems to be a common problem.

http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/forumdisp ... orumid=130

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 11:51 am

Sounds like it...

GenghiS_KhaN · Post by **GenghiS_KhaN** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:42 pm

you can test your memory with memtest86 I think.
It makes a bootable disk and then it'll start testing your memory for errors.
I don't know if this can help you.
you can find it here

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 4:13 am

Yuo should definitely run Memtest86 to check your RAM. Let it run the basic set of tests for a few hours (it will keep looping over and over till you stop it) and if you get no errors then run the full series of tests for a while.

If you get errors and have multiple sticks of RAM, pull out one stick and just test one stick at a time to find the bad stick.

If you do get errors you can always try removing and reinserting each stick a few times to make sure the contacts are clean and to make sure your RAM is seated good.

A little extra Vdimm may help too. Have you tried that yet?

If worse comes to worse at least you can rest easy knowing that Corair has excellent customer service and will do what it takes to get you some good RAM. You do have to follow the procedure that's listed in their forums though.

KozmoNaut · Post by **KozmoNaut** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:54 am

Update your BIOS!

My ASUS P4P800 Deluxe wouldn't accept the two 512MB Corsair PC3200 XMS sticks I bought. Not at the same time, at least. MemTest86 would give a lot of errors on the second module, never the first, even though I switched them around. There were no errors when using only one stick.

After a BIOS update, everything worked, and MemTest86 doesn't produce any errors at all.

Keel · Post by **Keel** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:26 am

drfinalfantasy, wat timings are you running the memory at? also i see you're running a barton 2500+, can you confirm it's stable at 200mhz fsb?

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:33 am

i'm using 2,2,6, memory timings ...wat corsair says it will run at and I can't seem to get my system stable with those settings at 200mhz...at 166 it is fine..

eric

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:51 am

How old is the RAM? Did you purchase it from a viable vendor?

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:00 am

I got it from newegg and in my past experience was well as for many other people they have been reliable vendors

eric

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:48 am

Yeah, I like NewEgg...

Is it too old to return?

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 11:04 am

I guess I could but that would be a pain. I guess I can live with it at 333

...sigh

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 11:18 am

Is your FSB @ 333?

If so, then you WANT to run your ram @ 333 to remove the bottleneck.

Hell, it probably will run faster if your FSB is 333.

Keel · Post by **Keel** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:21 pm

are you sure it's not the cpu? test with the multiplier at 9x

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 4:05 am

Let me reiterate: You need to check your RAM to see if it's stable before you blindly start blaming it for your problems. Look at my post from 24hrs ago. Test your RAM, then you'll have somewhere to start from instead of just guessing.

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 4:30 am

I just ran the tests. It seems that my ram is fine at my 333 bus speed. Perhpas it is the processor. It passed allmemtest tests.

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:18 am

Dude, run your FSB and RAM @ 333 and in dual channel mode for most efficieny and speed.

Everyone in the world who has a dual channel board with AMD CPUs can support this idea.

drfinalfantasy · Post by **drfinalfantasy** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:46 am

I think I'll do that. I don't think the performance difference makes up for the added heat / wear and tear.

Thanks everyone
eric

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:50 am

POLIST8 wrote:Dude, run your FSB and RAM @ 333 and in dual channel mode for most efficieny and speed.

Everyone in the world who has a dual channel board with AMD CPUs can support this idea.

I'll second POLIST8's suggestion. It really is a much better way to go, and you already know your RAM is up to it.

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:59 am

Thanks Ralf.

Feels like Sunny SoCal in Madison lately...

90s for about 2 weeks in a row with minimal rain. Ugh.

Can't wait for the -30F this winter...

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:09 am

POLIST8 wrote:Thanks Ralf.

Feels like Sunny SoCal in Madison lately...

90s for about 2 weeks in a row with minimal rain. Ugh.

Can't wait for the -30F this winter...

May not be a winter. Think "global warming". You my have beachfront property up there if the glaciers start melting.

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:55 am

Yeah, last winter was cold for a month or so, but we really are beginning to have Summer until October, and Winter from Nov. - March...

Sucks.

Is my memory bad??

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