joutlaw Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I just put together my system last night and have been running into a few problems that I believe are RAM related. Here are my specs A8V Deluxe AMD 64 3400+ 939 Pin Maxpower 350 Watt PSU 2x512 MB Corsair Value Select Model # VS1GBKIT400 Geforce Ti4200 AGP 8X WD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache XP Pro SP2 The system runs good and recognized the RAM immdiately. I updated the BIOS to v1009. I set the RAM to 2.5 CAS, but then switched back to AUTO after I had problems. The problem is while doing tasks, mostly gaming but not solely, I crash completely and my PC restarts. I ran memtest with both sticks in and it crashed at 180%, but didn't give any errors before that. I had the RAM in slots 1 and 3, the blue slots recommended by the MB. The MB recognized it as dual channel. I removed one stick and ran memtest to 300%. I switched it to the other stick and ran the same test without error. I am thinking of RMA the sticks to newegg, but wanted to troubleshoot as much as possible before that. Do you think I have a bad stick. They came in a package as pairs from the same Lot # so that should be ok. Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joutlaw Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 I wanted to post my CPU and MB temperatures to rule that out. I am also going to switch the sticks to slot 2 and 4. CPU 48C MB 29C Here is the message from event log Event Type: Error Event Source: System Error Event Category: (102) Event ID: 1003 Date: 1/22/2005 Time: 3:24:27 PM User: N/A Computer: BETTEROFF Description: Error code 000000fc, parameter1 f4b2a310, parameter2 29c72163, parameter3 f7a2f974, parameter4 00000000. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E 0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er 0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code 0018: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 66 000000f 0020: 63 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d c Param 0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 66 34 eters f4 0030: 62 32 61 33 31 30 2c 20 b2a310, 0038: 32 39 63 37 32 31 36 33 29c72163 0040: 2c 20 66 37 61 32 66 39 , f7a2f9 0048: 37 34 2c 20 30 30 30 30 74, 0000 0050: 30 30 30 30 0000 After it crashed the last time XP reported the problem and said that the random access memory was corrupted and it could be a hardware or software problem. It said that in this case it was more likely a hardware issue. If the exact message comes back again I'll post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanGuy Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Hello! As you can see in my thread from Thursday , I had problems with the same Motherboard and ram, too. Even the newest Bios version didn`t solve my problems. My tip: Buy the TwinX 1024-3200C2 Kit. It`s a little bit more expensive, but now my system is running without any crashes or errors, also Memtest shows no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joutlaw Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 Thanks for the reply. I just switched to the 2 and 4 slots and running memtest with both sticks with no errors yet at 650%. This is the longest the test has run both sticks without errors. Next I plan to run some 3D intensive games and see if anything crashes. If it does I'll prolly fork over the 15% restocking fee and get something better as you suggested. Weird thing is that this Value Select ram was recommended in my MB manual. O well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanGuy Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I know about the Compatiblility list from Asus. As I first had had Twinmos Ram, I looked for that compatibility list and thus decided to buy the value select ram. Strange mainboard. Anyway, another weird thing is that Memtest found the first errors during the 7th pass, when it had already run for about 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joutlaw Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 Memtest is still going I'm at 1052% with no errors. I'll let it keep going for a few hours and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joutlaw Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 Update: Memtest ran until 1700% and I stopped it. No errors reported and no more crashes so far. XP 64 bit runs great on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Using the blue or black slots currently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joutlaw Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 I am using the black slots currently. Still running with no issues. What RAM settings in the BIOS would be optimal for the value select series. 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 Dim Voltage to +2.7 Volts: CAS Latency CL=2.5 Row Cycle Time tRC Bios Default Row Refresh Cyc Time tRFC Bios Default Ras# to CAS# delay tRCD 3 Row to Row delay Bios Default Min Ras# Active Time tRAS 8 Row Precharge Time tRP 3 Write Recovery Time Bios Default Write to Read delay Bios Default Read to Write Delay Bios Default Refresh Period tREF Bios Default Enable 2T Timing Enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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