ArchCarrier Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hey sup, just made a memory scan with the memtest program, i didnt even wait for the scan to finish, 27 hours straight and found 61048 errors. i bought these memories (Model# TWINX512-3200LLPT) from newegg.com about 8 months ago, they were working fine until i hooked up my new processor, my comp started to crash on every game i played (warcraft 3, unreal tournament 2004, world of warcraft, guild wars, and even old games like sacrifice and starcraft :[pouts: ),i guess my comp didnt crash before my new processor because my RAM ran at 200 instead of 400, and when i hooked up my new processor i could run them how they were meant to be ran (i used to have a p4 1.5 256 cache comp, now i have a p4 2.8e 1mb cache HT cpu)... so anyways, usually when my comp crashed it would auto-hard-reboot, sometimes displaying a blue screen (but i never was able to read what it said since it would reboot instantly), and sometimes it wouldnt auto-reboot, but it would display a Fatal Error saying something like "The instruction at '0x6F66F1F6' referenced memory at '0x1A960008'. The memory could not be 'read'." Well i hope this is enough info to determine that my RAM is deffective. Only problem i have is that i lost the original box in which my RAM came :o: , i hope this isn't a problem and that i can exchange my ram soon. thanks -S- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 i've tried many solutions, tried with different timings, but end up using the indicated ones for my memory 2-3-2-6. i've formated my comp a few times (after changing timings), updated my BIOS, tried different video card drivers, tried different video cards, i even changed my power supply. still get the same error. my comp is: processor: P4 2.8e 1mb L2cache HT. current video card: GeForce 4 ti4400 mobo: ASUS p4p800 deluxe ram: corsair ddr400 model#TWINX512-3200LLPT when i ran the memtest i had both sticks in both principal slots and got over 61000 errors. 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; TwinX1024 or TwinX512-3200LL 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 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 2T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T SDRAM Burst Length: 8 Memory 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...
ArchCarrier Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 hey thanks. i just made all the changes in the BIOS and ran memtest. did 3 passes, didnt find any errors, but i still get the referenced memory error while playing :[pouts: . What does this mean? should i reformat my pc now? i formated 4 days ago.i ran memtest86+ v1.30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 23, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 23, 2004 Maybe a driver issue between your video card, try to see if there is an updated driver available for your card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 well, i've got the latest nvidia drivers and the latest directX, so i'm pretty sure that is not the issue. might be because i installed windows with my 'defective ram' config and probably installed some files wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 24, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 24, 2004 Try to re-install everything and see if it will make a difference; it is very hard to tell at this point on where or what causing the problem on your system, so this will be the easiest way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 hey RG sorry for being a pain in the a$$, but i reformated and reinstalled everything with the new config u told me to use, i've got the latest BIOS version, latest video card drivers, latest direct X, and i still keep getting that 'reference error' crash bug when i play.. help me, i'm dying here :(: thanks alot for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 26, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 26, 2004 Please make sure that the bios you have will support the CPU you have. ASUS has a table to look up what Bios is needed for what CPU. According to this table you need bios version 1.017 or newer. You might start with the exact settings you have set in your bios and by the way what PSU are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 well. my BIOS version is 1018 and my PSU is a "vantec ion 400 watt power supply", model: VAN-400B. by the way, i changed my PSU not long ago, and before that i still had this problem, i thought it was Power related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 well i just updated BIOS from 1018 to 1019, lets see if it helps 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 And what are the exact bios settings you have set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchCarrier Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 hey thanks for everything. updating to 1019 solved the problem. i've played WarCraft 3 all weekend and my comp hasn't crashed once. thanks for all your help. :): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 29, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 29, 2004 Thank you for letting us know. Please let us know if you have any questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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