ASUS A7V880 Freeze

[Wintermute23x]

First my spec:

 

Asus A7V880 MoBo (Dual channel)

Athlon XP 3000 400FSB

GeForce 5900XT

Corsair TWINX RAM PAIR OF TWO 512 STICKS: CMX512-3200C2PT (XMS 3202v4.1 0432048)

 

I have tried different graphics cards, stripped out components, disabled everything, tried new fresh installs of various OS's. The RAM works perfectly in two other PC's and when I borrowed some RAM the fault was in one case fixed.

 

The fault is very similar to one posted by someone else on this forum with the same MoBo, when I try anything demanding, especially 3D games my computer will freeze (allowing absolutely no input) after a few mins. It will sometimes do this on desktop apps aswell. I have tried changing the timings (2.5,3,3,8 if I remeber correctly) to no avail.

 

Could you reccomend what to do to fix this fault and failing that, reccomend a MoBo that you know to be particularly reliable allowing for Dual Channel full FSB utilisation (Is the MSI K7N2 DELTA-L any good?)

 

Thanks.

[RAM GUY]

I think you would be happy with any of the Nforce2 chipset MB's MSI, ASUS. or ABIT!

[Wintermute23x]

I got my new motherboard and installed everything. It didnt work so (even though the computer shop said they already had) I ran Memtest86. Lo-and-behold one of my modules was fine, the other gave out several hundred errors. I have since removed the faulty module and my PC works fine. I think I need to RMA this RAM to you. I live in the UK so where do I send it? The memory was a matched-pair set so will I need to return both sticks?

[CandyKid]

Yes, if it's a TwinX set, you need to send in both modules so you can get a matched set back!

 

Since you're in the UK, you could always go to the store where you bought them and see if they'll let you return for another set.

 

Otherwise, you'll have to RMA them to Corsair in California! (Online RMA Request)

 

PLUR

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