coomar Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 xms302v1.2 0503070-0 tested at 166, 200 mhz @ 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 volts 2.5-3-3-6 abit nf7-s BIOS: 11/22/2004-nVidea-nForce-6A61BA1BC-27 (from sandra) barton 2500 memtest 3.2 passed normally i did configuration © (3) memory sizing: (2) Bios-ALL Started showing about a million errors a pass variations of 4076.0 mb and 4078.0 mb then did Configuration © (5) error report mode (2) bad ram pattern badram:=0xfec00000,0xfec00000 the ram works usually, i've had it for about a month, on 3 days, the computer has either refused to post or crashed after the xp boot screen i've fixed this through: taking the stick out and putting in my old stick putting the old stick in slot 1 (closest to cpu) while leaving this in slot 3 the ram is in slot 3, i've tested in memtest in slot 1 as well i posted on the abit forum for the nvidia chipset and they said to rma the ram i then asked the retailer and the said it would be faster to rma directly with corsair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 9, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 9, 2005 With a 333 FSB CPU you would need to run the memory at DDR333. If you try to run at DDR400 with a 333 FSB CPU it will cause a bottelneck in the chipset and may generate errors that are not the fault of the memory. Also what is the exact part# of your module? (How To Read the Memory Label) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coomar Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 With a 333 FSB CPU you would need to run the memory at DDR333. If you try to run at DDR400 with a 333 FSB CPU it will cause a bottelneck in the chipset and may generate errors that are not the fault of the memory. Also what is the exact part# of your module? (How To Read the Memory Label) isn't cmx512-3200c2 the part number? i thought 166 mhz was 333 FSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 9, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 9, 2005 Yes it is sorry I missed the part# in the subject line! And yes it is, but you will need to set the memory frequency manually to run the memory at DDR333. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coomar Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 I tested it at 133, 166, 175, 183, 190, 192, 195, 197, 198, 200, always pulling up the same errors in memtest almost instantly, I think the computer is running at 195 right now without a problem what is the difference between the standard tests done by memtest and bios-all tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 9, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 9, 2005 I dont understand what you posted. The system will not run with the memory at 133 or 166 Mhz but will at 195 MHz? Please list the exact settings you have set. what is the difference between the standard tests done by memtest and bios-all tests? Please talk to the maker of the program and or I think they have a forum you can look for help with this. or http://www.x86-secret.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coomar Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 its boots up and works most of the time, but at all frequencies errors show on memtest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coomar Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 the link you listed is a french website the memtest i was using is from: http://www.memtest86.com/ this is what it says about the test that was showing errors: Two additional options are available through online configuration options. The first option (BIOS-All) also uses the "e820" method to obtain a memory map. However, when this option is selected all of the reserved memory segments are tested, regardless of what their intended use is. The only exception is memory segments that begin above 3gb. Testing has shown that these segments are typically not safe to test. The BIOS-All option is more thorough but could be unstable with some motherboards. The problem is that sometimes the computer either will not post or crash after the boot screen. Its not very frequent (3 times in 30 or so days) but if I keep trying to reboot, it will continue not to work. If I either put another stick in another slot or replace the corsair stick the computer will reboot. I can then take the other stick out and the computer will boot up normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 10, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 10, 2005 The best I can offe would be to replace your modules. 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...
coomar Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 i asked on the nvidea forum if someone could try the same test bios-all test i tried so it would be same board- same ram and they got thousands of errors as well, i still have this boot up problem but the ram is passing memtest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 10, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 10, 2005 Taken from X86-Secret.com memtest F.A.Q- When I select BIOS-ALL I get many errors / my machine crashes. This is normal. With todays computers this option should never be selected. See the previous question about the reason for the errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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