OldWiseNut Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I am currently running TWINX1024-3200XLPT x2 in my Asus P4P800s Mother board. I purchased theese modules on 10/03/2004. They have been running Stable and well in my system up untill today as far as I can tell. Today Windows XP Pro decided to Blue screen on me, I was confused as this has never happend. I checked event viewer and Recived a error that suggested a memory problem, so I proceeded to run Microsofts Memory Tester on my modules, they failed every single test. Ok I have also just ran memtest 86 as I see alot of people running that hear, it showed no errors but it froze up at 79% and 39% of the test it was running aprox 18:46 seconds into the test, I ran it 2 more times with Identical results. I should also add the rest of my system specs and more of a description of my problem Besides the above mentioned memory I am running a P4 3.0 HT , Leadtek Geforce 6800 GT gpu, 2 10,000 rpm WD Raptor HD's in Raid 0. The computer now seems to BSOD whenever I play any form of Graphically intense game. 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 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/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): 2T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 2T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 5T 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...
OldWiseNut Posted November 30, 2004 Author Share Posted November 30, 2004 Well I determined that the Ram slots on my motherboard were bad. So I ordered a new one. I was just wondering if any of the settings you mentioned in the above post could have caused my MB to go bad ? I would hate to order a new one only to have it fry in a couple of months ? I thought that this particular ram auto booted to the correct settings and I did not have to change anything? Also the new MB is a asus P4P800-E Deluxe if that matters on any of the settings you mentioned. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Those settings cannot cause a motherboard to go bad. Also, while the memory SPD is set to 2-2-2-5, the BIOS may not like to set the timings that low and may have to be set manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldWiseNut Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Thanks, appreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 No problemo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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