SladerEx Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I've always enjoyed my corsair memory but lately my system has been getting blue screens and erroring out saying something like "memory at location XXXX can not be 'Read'" and stuff. So I decided to run mem test turns out I got some bad sectors on both the twinx modules I bought last year. Would like to get an RMA if I could. After having that problem occur, I put in some of my old Value Select and now the system runs just fine. So I have determined it is the XMS modules that are causing the mishaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 3, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 3, 2005 Can you tell me our modules part# and the make and model of MB you have along with the CPU speed and it’s FSB as well? In addition, please tell me the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SladerEx Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 Can you tell me our modules part# and the make and model of MB you have along with the CPU speed and it’s FSB as well? In addition, please tell me the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? they are a set twin CMX512-3200C2 PRO my CPU is an Athlon 3000+, with the FSB at 200. I am using an Asus A7N8NX Deluxe. I've always used the default bios settings for the RAM at 3-3-3-7. everything is on stock speeds, no OCing here. Never had a need too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 4, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 4, 2005 Please set the following settings manually: CPU Freq: 200 MHz (Please make sure you have a 200 FSB CPU) System performance: User Define Memory Frequency: 100% Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts Resulting Frequency: 200 MHz SDRAM CAS Latency: 2.5T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6T Then please test the module or modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org. But with this CPU if you try run the memory at default or DDR400 it will cause a bottleneck in the chipset and may generate errors that are not from the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SladerEx Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 Sorry for the long time between replys I was out of town...but anyway Put the memory at the settings you suggested.... both modules still fail memtest.. test 5 and 6 seems to cause the most errors, while 1-4 are usually clear of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 25, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 25, 2005 That would suggest some other problem, as it would be rare to get 2 bad module or 2 modules fail at the same time. Can you test them in another system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SladerEx Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 That would suggest some other problem, as it would be rare to get 2 bad module or 2 modules fail at the same time. Can you test them in another system? they both do not fail on the same tests, I should of been more specific, for instance, the first module got a whole bunch of errors on test 5. Then some on 6 and a few on 7. then my next module would pass test 5, but get a few on 6, and a few more on 7. and it really wouldn't be possible to test them in another system without underclocking them. (be a pain in the arse too.) This is the only system I have that supports 3200 not to mention I don't trust the powersupply in my other system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SladerEx Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 get a bump? I am really missing this memory..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 29, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 29, 2005 What you have posted would suggest some other problem, but I have no problem replacing your modules if you like. 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...
SladerEx Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 What you have posted would suggest some other problem, but I have no problem replacing your modules if you like. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! I thank you for your support, but you must see that the ram should be at fault. I use the ram, windows crashes, I take out the ram and use some value select...windows don't crash nor do I get any errors in memtest. I love this corsair..XMS and I miss it. Sent a RMA request Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 29, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 29, 2005 O.K. Please let me know when you get the new modules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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