ppearcy Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 PC would not post one day. No changes to the system had been made. After much trial and error, I figured out that the system would boot with one of my sticks of ram and not the other. Please respond to this so that I can RMA ASAP. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 What is the part # of the memory? Is it a TwinX pack? What are your memory timings set to? You did try them in the same slot correct? What CPU / FSB / motherboard do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppearcy Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 Part number is CMX256A-2700C2. Not twinx pack. I don't see why the timings would matter as they have been unmodified for over a year with no problem and they have no problem with the good stick, but here they are anyway: Ras 7 RCD 3 RP 3 Cas Latency 2.5 Running at 2.5Volts. Yes, I tried them in the same slot. Running athlon xp 2500+ @ FSB of 166 w/ NFORCE2 SL-75FRN2-RL SOLTEK mobo. I am applying for an RMA now because I KNOW this stick is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 16, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 16, 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; CMX256A or CMX512-2700C2 CPU Freq: 166 MHz (333 FSB) System Performance: User Define Memory Frequency: 100% Resulting Frequency: 166 MHz (333 FSB) 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): 7T DDR Reference Voltage: 2.7 Volts AGP Voltage: Default *unless you have ATI (9200 or 9600) or NVIDIA (5200 or 5700) then 1.6 Volts suggested!* 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...
ppearcy Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 Thanks for the suggestions, but none of this worked. What are my other options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppearcy Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 Forgot to add that when I run the memtest with the bad stick I get a ton of errors and without there are no errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 4, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 4, 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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