derekmartin2 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Thank you for the opportunity to ask for help with my memory! I have Corsair VS C2.5 (2x512MB) DDR4 matched pair in my box that I just bought/built. All appears okay with other hardware but I am getting random anomilies when doing certain tasks and installation of Windows Updates typically results in a BSOD Machine_Check_Exception STOP: 0c0000009C. Looks around Google all point to possible bad memory chips...is there anyone that can assist me in finding out and if so, how to get a replacement set without bringing my mission critical box down for six weeks???? Thanks! Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 20, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 20, 2005 Can you tell me our modules part# (How To Read the Memory Label) 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? And have you ran http://www.memtest.org on your system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmartin2 Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 Hi there and thanks for the response! I ran memtest through 2 times and it passed. The memory sticker says: Corsair VS512MB400 783-0511011-1-247111 Information from memtest: Athalon 64 (0.09) 1809 Mhz L1 Cache 128K L2 Cache 512K Mem 1024 M Chipset nForce 2 250 ECC Disabled Settings RAM: 201 Mhz DDR 401 CAS 2.5-4-3-8 I am on an AMD 64, default BIOS Settings. What else can I try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 21, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 21, 2005 Please try and set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts and test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmartin2 Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 Can you help me out with this? I assume this is a BIOS setting, correct? I'm not going to fry anything by messing with voltage am I? Please try and set the Dim Voltage to 2.7 Volts and test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 22, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 22, 2005 No, we guarantee DDR1 modules up to 2.9 Volts, so you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmartin2 Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 Hi there, I went into BIOS and upped the DDR Voltage by 0.1+ and ran, passed tests. Upped again by 0.2+ (my only two options) and ran, passed again. I remain hopeful that I can find a solution soon, I am getting desperate! What else can I try? Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 If memtest is passing, it isn't the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 25, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 25, 2005 Derek Are you still getting the errors in windows? And have you installed the CPU driver from AMD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmartin2 Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Still getting the error...I wasn't aware there was a specific CPU driver from AMD...a quick glance at the system properties for the processor shows: AMD Athlon 654 Processor 3000+ Device Type: Processors Manufacturer: (Standard processor types) Location: on Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Status: Working properly... Driver Tab: Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 10/1/2002 Driver Version: 5.2.3790.0 Digitial Signer: Microsoft Windows Publisher Should I get me an AMDer???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 25, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 25, 2005 Please try the CPU driver for Win2k/XP listed on AMD's download page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.