Kipotlov Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Hi, My system configuration is : - P4 2.8Ghz - Asus P4C800 Deluxe - I use the last bios (ver. 1017) - Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT - PS Enermax 450W I got some problem with my RAM.. you can see it there : http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24392 After i changed the RAM.. The problem is still there.. some time my computer crash and reboot.. it didnt freeze.. it's like if i press on the "reset" button. Last week, i updated my BIOS and i try the setting that "RAM Guy" give on this thread : http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30814&highlight=p4c800 In MemTest, i got 0 errors in 16 hours of test! But when i tried to boot.. the computer reboot during the load of WinXP! Maybe it's because i update the BIOS... then i re-installed WinXP, but it crash during the installation... try again.. this time it work.. but it didnt boot!! After 8 installations / format / .... I decided to remove one dimm.. And installation work fine! I install all the patchs for WinXP.. no problems! I tried to re-install my second dimm in dual channel.. then my computer didnt boot! Remove it.. it's ok! I re-install it in single channel.. it's ok! It seem that my computer didnt like the dual channel! :( I run MemTest in dual channel without any problem... Its why i thinks its my motherboard! Someone have one idea!? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Hrmm... perhaps the memory controller on the mobo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 2, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 2, 2004 The problem that you're having is coming from the MB, either the chipset is failing or the memory controller. You can try one thing, on your BIOS settings if you have CPU L1 or L2 cache option please disable, or try to disable the hyperthreading and see how if your computer boots up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipotlov Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 Ok, The last week-end my computer crash and it didnt want to restart.. Then i installed windows and it crash with this error : "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". Then i decieded to investigate the problem! I tried with different piece, 2 motherboards, 2 cpus and 2 hard drives; and it's always the same error! I removed 1 dimm, and the problem is still there! (I tried 2 times) I tried with the other one, and all work fine!!! THen i supose that the problem is the RAM! I tested the bad module alone with MemTest, and i got no error!?! It's possible that it's the RAM anyway!? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 13, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 13, 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...
Kipotlov Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 I received the 2 news dimms last week! I tested it with MemTest! I used the same setting that the last time.. And this is the result : Test in Dual Channel, 2.5-3-3-6 : 48 pass - 334 errors! Test in Dual Channel, 2-3-3-6 : Very unstable! Test dimm #1 only, 2-3-3-6 : 6 pass - 82 000+ errors! Test dimm #2 only, 2-3-3-6 : Don't boot!!!! Now i didnt know what to do!? Return them against?!!? (Don't forget that i tried with another MB, CPU and HD) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 12, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 12, 2005 What PSU do you have? And can you tell us the complete system configuration? In addition with any ASUS P4 MB you would need to disable legacy USB when running a memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipotlov Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 P4 2.8 Ghz Asus P4C800-DX PS Enermax (i thinks it's the EG465 model, but i am not sure! It's at least 450W) Sound Blaster Audigy X-Gamer ATI 9800 Pro Western Digital Raptor 36 Gb (SATA) Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT LG CD-Burner (42x) Pionnier DVD 16x Do you need others informations?! I didnt remember if i disabled legacy USB, for the test at 2.5. I can re-test it! But i doubt that it's change anything for the dimm #2 who didnt boot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 13, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 13, 2005 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 Advanced/Jumper Free AI over clocking: Manual CPU Freq: 200 DRAM Clock: 400 MHz Memory or Dim Reference voltage: 2.75 Volts System performance: AUTO AGP Voltage: Default *unless you have ATI (9200 or 9600) or NVIDIA (5200 or 5700) then 1.6 Volts suggested!* Advanced/Chipset Configure Dram timing by SPD: Disabled/User define SDRAM CAS Latency: 2T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T SDRAM Burst Length: 8 Performance Acceleration Mode: Auto USB Legacy Support: Disabled 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...
Kipotlov Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Ok.. here is the result with legacy USB disabled.. 2 dimms - dual channel : 2-3-3-6 - > 900 000 errors - the system crash before that MemTest finish the first pass (tried 2 times!) 2.5-3-3-6 - 2 passes - 6 errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 14, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 14, 2005 Did you follow the settings that I have given you on my previous post? Please set all settings accordingly, if not then the system may not work properly even if you relax the timing settings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipotlov Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 Yep.. I tried 2.5 to know if the memory only doesnt support a 2.0 timing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 17, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 17, 2005 Did you set the proper voltage as well? Also please make sure that you don't install any PCI card on PCI slot# 4; since PCI slot# 4 is sharing an IRQ with the AGP card, and this can cause conflict or problem as well in your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipotlov Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Yeah.. i set all the setting as you said... The only PCI card are my sound card, and it insert in the slot #5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 18, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 18, 2005 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...
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