OS_1976 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hi, I have a set of Corsair TWIN CMX 1024 - 3200XLPro (2x 512) memory sticks and I believe one of the sticks to be faulty. I have an MSI 865PE Neo2-P Platinum using a P4 2.8 Prescott CPU and trying to use dual channel configuration. With the sticks in I am unable to even install windows xp and keep getting file copy errors. I believe that one of the sticks of the pair is faulty, I have used MemTest86 and run on eash stick individually, one stick comes out with zero errors but the other has over 90000 error after the first pass!!! This is further proved when installing xp with the good stick is successful and fails with the bad stick. Please advise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Try setting the RAS to CAS delay to 3, then re-test. That chipset doesn't like it to be at 2. 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 TwinX512-3200XL Advanced Chipset/DRAM Timing DRAM Clock: 400 MHz Configure Dram timing by SPD: Disabled/User define SDRAM CAS Latency: 2T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 2T or 3T (per Wired recommendation) SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 2T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 5T SDRAM Burst Length: 8 Frequency Voltage Control CPU Frequency: 200 Memory or Dim Reference voltage: 2.75 Volts AGP Voltage: Default *unless you have ATI 9200 or 9600 then 1.6 Volts suggested!* All other settings should be set to default settings! 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...
OS_1976 Posted October 28, 2004 Author Share Posted October 28, 2004 Thanx for your responses, I have the latest BIOS for my mobo and changed the BIOS settings as suggested.... CAS Latency - 2 RAS Precharge - 2 RAS to CAS delay - tried 2 and 3 (as suggested by Wired) Precharge delay - 5 Burst length - 8 CPU bus - 200 DDR power voltage - 2.75 AGP power voltage - 1.60 (I have ATI 9600) Ran MemTest86 on each stick individually for 3 passes and one stick passes with no errors but the 2nd stick still has over 90000 errors on each pass!!! 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 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...
OS_1976 Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 One last quick question, the sticks are meant to be matched memory modules to allow me to run them in dual channel mode, do I need to send back both sticks or just the faulty one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 It's recommended to send in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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