alpha_female Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I just got a 4 replacement modules from corsair...after installing them, I am still getting blue screen 'memory dump' errors and random crashes/reboots/shutdowns while running/installing winXP. I am able to get into BIOS and change latency settings from 2-3-3-6, 2.5-3-3-6, 3-3-3-8(SPD), 3-3-3-6, 3-4-4-6. I also changed the Ram voltage to 2.5-2.75v. I had replaced all components (motherboard, power supply, cd-rom), thinking that it was not the ram causing this problem, but after many hours I concluded that maybe my ram is faulty (again) or not compatible with my system?? Oh, and sometimes the pc will just "hang"... cd rom lights would blink, and the monitor would not power up. I would have to unplug from behind, wait 5-10 minutes and replug, then it will boot up again. My PC specs: Motherboard: MSI 865PE Neo2-PLS (Platinum) CPU: Intel P4 2.8GHz 800FSB Hard Drive: Maxtor u133 160GB Video: MSI FX5700-256MB Roms: Lite On CD/DVD combo, and Mad Dog DVD-wr Power Supply: Allied Power Supply 400w Memory: TwinX CMX512-3200C2PT XMS3202 v4.2 XMS3200 512MB 400 MHz CL2 and TwinX CMX512-3200C2PT XMS3202 v3.1 XMS3200 512MB 400MHz CL2 Fans: 3 LED 80mm Fans Lights: Liquid Thunder Light thingy and Black Light OS: WinXP Pro sp2 Does anyone see anything that may be incompatible with each other in my specs?? Should I upgrade to a 550W Powersupply? I even tried disconnecting 2 fans and the lights, so I don't know if it is the powersupply because it will crash after loading winxp (sp2). If anyone has any input at all, I appreciate it.................. I need this pc for school in a couple of weeks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC_SAVAGE Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Memory: TwinX CMX512-3200C2PT XMS3202 v4.2 XMS3200 512MB 400 MHz CL2 and TwinX CMX512-3200C2PT XMS3202 v3.1 XMS3200 512MB 400MHz CL2 The RAM is different Revisions. Could be a limitation of the chipset. Will each pair work by themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha_female Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 I tried all possible combinations of the revisions... still the same. I am starting to think it is the video card, I'm going to test it today... 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 You might try and clear the bios and then load setup defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.85 Volts and set the timings to Cass 3-3-3-8 and then test with http://www.memtest.org. But to be sure I would test them one at a time with http://www.memtest.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha_female Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 I got an Aspire 520w power supply today and used my sis radeon vid card... pc still crashed. Ramguy, although, your suggestion to up dim voltage to 2.85 worked better, I was able to stay on desktop longer!! haha... I currently have it up to 2.9 and tempted to set it at 3.0v. I set the timing to cas 3-3-3-8 and I'm getting "Dram is too tightly so reset timing" at boot up. Also I can't run mem test because my pc won't stay on for longer than 10 mins. What's weird is that after a crash, I have to unplug the cord from the back of the powersupply to get a full boot... if I use the power button or powersupply switch to turn the pc back on, my computer will just hang (cd rom led's blinking, no video power). What could this be? 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 Its hard to say, but normally that type of problem is caused from heat or some device shorting out. You might try testing the modules in another system if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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