operezm Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Here is the story: :eek: Back in June 2003, I bought from NewEgg two Corsair modules CMX512-3200C2, an Asus a7n8x-deluxe v1.4 Motherboard and one of the famous Athlon 1.7 Tbred JIUHB with a good Vantec Aeroflow cooler, with the idea of overclocking it to 200Mhz FSB. But, I could never run stable at 200Mhz FSB, no matter what settings I used for the processor and what timing I used for the memory. Then I ran Memtest86 using different timings to one module at the time and I found that one of the Corsair memory modules had errors in the same memory address, even when the conservative timing of 3-4-4-8 was used, so I requested an RMA and got a replacement from NewEgg few days later. The replacement module did not improve the situation, again I ran memtest using different timings and got some random errors. Then I upgraded the PSU to an Antec 480W but it didn't improve the situation. Few days later, I gave up because, I thought that I got bad luck with the Chipset since it wasn't the nForce2 Ultra or because the Processor was unable to reach 200Mhz period. Then I just searched for an stable frequency, which was 192Mhz FSB with memory timing set to 2.5-3-3-8. One year later, I got a good deal and I replaced the Asus a7n8x-Deluxe v1.4 with an Asus a7n8x-E Deluxe, now with the nForce2 Ultra that officially supports 200Mhz FSB. No luck, I could not run stable above 192Mhz FSB. I thought the processor was unable to run stable above 192Mhz and I decided that the next upgrade will be an Athlon 64 so I waited. Today, I upgraded my system to an Athlon64 3000 socket 939 (90mm) with a Chaintech VNF4 Ultra nForce4 motherboard. I decided to use my year and half old CMX512-3200C2 memory modules and guess what. Problems :roll: I ran the Memtest86 v3.2 using one module at the time, with SPD values for 200Mhz (2.5-3-3-8) and one of the modules shows consistent errors in a couple of memory locations. Test#6 Address: 00012703c24 (295.1Mb) Good: ffff fffd Bad: ffff fff7f, 1 error Test#6, Address: 00017c0365c (380.1Mb) Good: ffff fffd Bad: ffff ff7f, 4 errors The second module runs perfect. Can I have an RMA number to replace the bad module? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 31, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 31, 2005 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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