usuris Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Hi I recently bought this RAM mostly for the purpose of decent overclocking RAM but I'm having a few problems. I can not reach over 200 at all with any ram timings, any bios revisions. I'm currently running 2.5,3,3,11(cas2 unbootable) however I tried to loosen them up to 3,3,3,11 but still no luck over 200. Currently running vdimm of 2.75(nf7-s overvolts to 2.75 up from 2.7). More or less my question is, why didn't I just purchase the corsair value ram instead of dishing out the extra $XXX for the TwinX? Thanks, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 27, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 27, 2004 Can you tell me the exact model# of your memory module; along with the CPU speed, and its FSB as well? In addition, please tell me if you have the latest BIOS installed on your system and the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usuris Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 ok the model # on the RAM (both) is XMS3202v3.1 041115-2 and are running in slots 1 and 3 (Dual channel enabled) All tests so far for stability have been running 200x6 @ 1.45vcore (Athlon XP Mobile 2500+) as to remove any cpu mhz stability problem. I'm running the latest bios which is Bios 26 for the Abit NF7-S. cpu divider - auto system bios cacheable - disabled video ram cacheable - disabled enhance PCI performance - disabled spread spectrum - disabled Any FSB over 200 and it just won't cut it in memtest86 or prime95. 200 is dead stable for many hours. New: I have been using a CPC off 2t bios to get stable at 200, I tried a CPC on 1t one, can't even hold stable at 2.5,3,3,11 =| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 28, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 28, 2004 Please make sure that you have the latest BIOS for your MB and load Setup/Optimized default settings, and try the following BIOS settings; TwinX1024 or TwinX512-3200C2 Softmenu Setup CPU Freq: 166 MHz (333 FSB) Memory Frequency: 166 MHz (333 FSB) CPU/Memory Ratio: 1:1 or 3:3 DDR Reference Voltage: 2.7 Volts AGP Voltage: Default *unless you have ATI 9200 or 9600 then 1.6 Volts suggested!* Advanced Chipset Memory Timing: User Define SDRAM CAS Latency: 2.5T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usuris Posted October 28, 2004 Author Share Posted October 28, 2004 I've tried each stick by itself before in memtest, they both pass 5 tests at 200fsb @ 2.5,3,3,6, 2.7v. But when I run them dual channel, they are not stable in 2.5,3,3,6, however they are on 3,3,3,6. These tests were done using optimized default option. Been memtesting for a while now, running the ram at 166mhz and it seems to be stable in memtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 28, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 28, 2004 Sorry I didn't catch in your previous post that you were over clocking your system. Please try to set the CAS latency setting to 2.5/3/3/7 with a 2.8 DIMM voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usuris Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 yep heh, was looking for higher fsb's in mind, that's why I bought the ram =). Anyways, memtest/prime fail within 5 mins even @ 2.5,3,3,7 2.8v =| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 29, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 29, 2004 Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usuris Posted November 12, 2004 Author Share Posted November 12, 2004 I have been trying to get a reply back for an RMA for about 3 days now. I have filled out the online form -- awaited 24 hours with no reply. Filled out the excel spreadsheet and e-mailed it to warranty@corsairmemory.com --awaited 24 hours with no reply E-mailed warranty@corsairmemory.com once AGAIN to question whether they received any of my requests -- no reply within 24 hours Think you could help me out? (E-mails were sent under the address' alex.coyle@gmail.com for first/second, and majik.@rogers.com for the third) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 15, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 15, 2004 Sorry our RMA department does not work during the weekend, so you should have received an email as of now, if not then please send the email to me ramguy@corsairmemory.com and I will see they get it first thing in the morning! Customer Service answers emails normally before 10AM every day! You might send an email to your self and make sure your mail settings are set properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usuris Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Thanks for the reply finally, however I decided just to send it back to Bestbyte Computers(Whitby, Ontario, Canada) and they're going to send it for me. Any chance of expediating the process would be greatly appreciated :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 18, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 18, 2004 Sorry we have affiliation to any of our customer, their RMA process is their own business, and however their company runs the procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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