awbassett1 Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I recently purchased a new machine along with some corsair memory. Specs: Asus A7V880 Athlon 3200 Corsair VS512MB400 (1 GB Kit) Lot# - 0439039-0 Geforce 6800 I was having some blue screens when using Windows XP, relating to a "Bad_Pool_Caller" error, Check that out here Microsoft.com If the machine wasn't blue screening, it would freeze and reboot, or just freeze all together in the middle of doing something. I stripped my machine down to its barebones to avoid any hardware conflicts, and tried the video driver straight from nVidia, along with the one coming from the vendor. I purchased a larger Power Supply (550W). I rebuilt my machine with a fresh copy of Windows XP, and the problem still persisted. I ran Memtest86 with the memory modules in alone, in slots 1 and 2, and in slots 1 and 3 all coming back with a bunch of error messages each time. I decided to install Linux to see if it was a windows driver related issue, but linux will freeze, and/or run very unstable. I checked out the compatibility listing for my motherboard before purchasing, and this memory was listed as being compatible. Did this just come from a bad batch or am I missing anything? Thanks, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 28, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 28, 2004 Please test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and I would try and set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts and set the timings manually to Cass 2.5-3-3-8 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbassett1 Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 I've used the Memtest86+ before, not memtest86, sorry I was mistaken. I will change the voltage tonight. also, how do i manually set the cas settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 28, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 28, 2004 I would suggest you check the user manual for more specifics with your MB, but all of the settings should be changable in your Bios setup. You can use this for reference SDRAM CAS Latency: 2.5T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 8T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbassett1 Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 changed voltage, and tested in slots 1 and 2, and 1 and 3. still blue screening.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 29, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 29, 2004 Please test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and let’s make sure one module is not failing. But just because you are getting a BSOD does not mean it’s the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbassett1 Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 Memtest came back with 76 errors on one stick, and 0 errors on the other stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbassett1 Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 just bumping this up - havent heard anything and didnt want it to get lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 30, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 30, 2004 Lets try and replace your modules. Please send us a email with a copy of the form or all of your info name address and phone# and the Module part# and copy the link to this post and email it to Warranty@corsairmemory.com. Or you can also use the On Line RMA Request Form as well. If after 1 day or 24 hours excluding weekends you do not get the rma please email the same to rma@corsairmemory.com and we will help to resolve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks1083 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I am having the exact same problem with the same motherboard. I am not using Corsair memory and am using an older nVidia 5200 card, but i have 2 x 512 of Geil memory in it and last night for the first time, it quit recognizing one of the sticks so it's now just showing 512 in single channel mode. And last night I ran memtest and it was showing about 134 errors I believe and I am rerunning it tonight and it's currently standing at about 600 or so errors. Could it be possible that the mobo is slowly frying the ram or something? I dont know, like I can get it to boot up usually if I haven't used it for a while and it might not reboot for a couple of hours, but it also tends to reboot when I want to play music or something like that if that helps at all. I dont know if you are having the same problem or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 24, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 24, 2005 Well it's possible, but I really doubt it. I would just get your modules replaced and see what happens. If your modules fail again I would take strong look at the MB and or power supply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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