Rose Kolodny Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 I have 2 512 sticks of xms3200cpt memory, one of which seems to be broken. They were in a Gigabyte 8knxp, with a 2.6 Ghz P4. The system acted wonky and from time to time would just break down. Made me very sad. This most recent time, I wiped the (brand spankin' new) hard drive and went to install XP again. Could not copy this file or that file or generally complete the installation. I tried a different CD, different CD drive, different hard drive, and eventually, a new motherboard, because my gigabyte didn't seem comfortable with either module by itself. Silly me. The new motherboard is an ASUS p4c800-e deluxe. Same processor. Same problem. I was able to install XP with just one module in place. Eventually I found a copy of memtest, and one stick gives me no errors, while the other one, in the same slot, gives me over 100,000. I am NOT overclocking. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Kolodny Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/showthread.php?t=32469 I wasn't fooling. How come everyone got a response but me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 22, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 22, 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; CMX512-3200C2 Advanced/Jumper Free AI over clocking: Manual CPU Freq: 200 DRAM Clock: 400 MHz Memory or Dim Reference voltage: 2.75 Volts System performance: Standard 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 (2.5T AMD Platform) 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 or Enabled 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...
Wired Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/showthread.php?t=32469 I wasn't fooling. How come everyone got a response but me? Merged your threads. Patience grasshopper :) Ram Guy's not here on the weekends, and as you have seen he responds to weekend posts on Monday mornings :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Kolodny Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 Thanks. I've just got a lot of work to do, and I can't afford any down time. Same story everyone's got, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 22, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 22, 2004 Are you still having problem/s on your system, and what's the result in memtest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Kolodny Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 Neat-O. I used all your settings, and the stick that worked before still works. The stick that gave me some trouble at the less agressive settings won't even POST now, so I can't really tell you what memtest has to say about it. Since I bought them as a matched pair, should I send them both back, or just the broken one? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 It's recommended to send both in to ensure that they are matched, although if you choose, only the bad one can be sent in, however of course it won't match anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Kolodny Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 OK, I got my precious RMA #. Thanks for your time and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 No problemo! Please tell us how it works out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 28, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 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...
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