martenb Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 I've been having problems over the last few months, primarily getting BSODs (usually IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL), as well as system hangs, reboots, and failure to POST. I've tested pretty much everything else to exhaustion (with the exception of the processor and video card) and all signs are pointing to the RAM being faulty. Both modules fail either test 5 or test 7 in memtest86 with fair regularity. System setup: ASUS a7v600-x board Athlon XP 2800+ 2 sticks CMX512-3200C2PT RAM (I've tried timings of both 2-3-3-6 and 2.5-3-3-6, both of which fail) ATI Radeon 9600 Western Digital 80GB HD I tend to run other components as well, and can provide them if needed, but the errors occur even on this barebones setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2004 With a 333FSB CPU you will need to set the memory Frequency at DDR333 or 1-1 with your CPU, and I would test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org to be sure. Sorry but this is a chipset limitation. If the FSB of your CPU is 400 For Intel and 100 MHz for AMD, the memory speed supports only DDR 266. If the FSB of your CPU is 533 For Intel and 133/166 MHz for AMD, the memory speed supports DDR 266/333 If the FSB of your CPU is 800 MHz for Intel and 200 MHz for AMD, the memory speed supports DDR 333/400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martenb Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 Sorry, I forgot to mention that I knew about matching the FSB and RAM frequencies, so yes, I have been running them at 333MHz. Also, I've tested both modules individually with memtest, and they both fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2004 That would suggest some other problem, can you test them in another system? If not I would make sure that you have a big enough PSU and then try and set the AGP Voltage to 1.6 Volts and set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts and test them one at a time. Also the latest bios is Ver 1.007 Beta 1 you might try that as well to make sure its not some other problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martenb Posted December 11, 2004 Author Share Posted December 11, 2004 Unfortunately, I don't have another system here that I could test on. As far as power goes, I'm running an Antec 420W PS and testing with the minimum amount of hardware connected. I can't find anything in the BIOS to set AGP or Dim voltage, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martenb Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 Anything else I can try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 13, 2004 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 13, 2004 Let's try replacing the modules. 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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