XMS2400 had it's day

[jnappleton]

Hello. I am running a 1.4GHz Athlon Tbird in an Abit KG7-RAID. CPU and memory speeds running at normal frequencies. I had 2 sticks of 256MB XMS2400 running in this since it's build date once upon a time. About a year ago one of my sticks died, and was replaced with a new module (which has been running flawlessly ever since). It seems that about a week or so ago, the other stick finally gave out. After quickly ruling out the newer stick, I ran both the basic and thorough tests in Windows Memory Diagnostic (it's what I had on hand). Let both test sets loop several times, and was unable to successfully complete a single pass (test failure rate averaged to about 50% - 60%). With this stick in the system, I get random system reboots, crashes, and general instability. With the questionable part out of the system, I am still running as solid as I ever had. Part number and branding on module is as follows: Corsair XMS2400. CM4SD256-2400C2. 012922. Any assistance you can provide in resolving this would be much appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[RAM GUY]

Please make sure you have the latest BIOS installed for your MB and load optimized defaults settings, and try the following BIOS settings;

CPU Freq: 133 MHz (266 FSB)

System Performance: User Define

Memory Frequency: 100%

Resulting Frequency: 133 MHz (266 FSB)

Memory Timing: Optimal/Auto/SPD/Enabled

DDR Reference Voltage: 2.7 Volts

All other settings are motherboards defaults

Then please test them one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and let’s make sure it's not some other issue! I would run the test for at least 2-3 passes to be sure!

[jnappleton]

Sorry this reply took so long. I've been out of town. I just had opportunity to try your suggestions, and it still fails. I let it loop about 4 - 5 times, and I think it averaged about 15000 - 20000 errors per test. What next?

 

Thanks

[RAM GUY]

Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it!