jlevesque Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Well, my problems started about a month ago. Everything worked great before this. I had random system crashes/reboots, applications quit for no apparent reason, and games would slow to the point of unplayable. Thinking maybe my operating system needed to be re-installed, I proceeded to reformat my computer. Upon re-installing Windows XP Pro, I received many error messages related to not being to find files on the CD. Every time I tried it was a different file. Now this is a near new CD I was installing from with no scratches. After that didn't work I attempted to install Windows 2000. Upon trying to copy the files to the hard drive during setup I received I/O error messages and "not able to read memory address <0x0000:0000>"(unfortunately I didn’t write down the memory address). That’s the point I knew it was the RAM. I had old memory lying around and put it in my system. I installed windows XP flawlessly. After getting my system setup again, I put the faulty memory back in and ran a game. Within 5 min the game crashed to my desktop and another error message "not able to read memory address <0x0000:0000>", I clicked the "OK" button and system rebooted. Put the old stuff back in and computer works again. Therefore I would like to request an RMA #. System Specs Below. Thanks. Motherboard: Asus P4P800-E deluxe Bios ver: 1002 (never over clocked or changed memory settings from default SPD, everything is set to default) CPU: Intel P4 3.0Ghz FSB: 800Mhz OS: Windows XP Pro with SP2 Memory Specs: 2x 512Mb XMS3200 TWINX Modules Part # CMX512-3200LL Version 1.2 Lot # 0338055 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 25, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 25, 2005 Please try the following settings and then test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org. System performance: Auto CPU Freq: 200 MHz Memory Frequency: 400DDR/200Mhz Dim Voltage to 2.75 Volts PAT/PAM:AUTO Resulting Frequency: 400DDR/200MHz SDRAM CAS Latency: 2T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 2T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlevesque Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 Okay, used the above settings and ran Memtest seperatly for both modules. The first module I tried had 2955 errors. The second module had 0. Are these the memory settings I should normally be using with my Motherboard/RAM combo? I never really knew how to get the best proformance out of memory timings, so I always left it up to SPD. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 28, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 28, 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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