chrisjking Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 System Board Intel 865perlx Processor Intel P4 3.0 478 Memory Corsair Select VS256MB400, 2 ea Installed 1/01/05 Failure Description Memory fails R/W test of bios startup. System runs fine on one stick of same memory. No overclocking used. Switched memory slots and R/W failure follows same stick of memory. Tried a reset of bios to slower CAS 3 vs 2.5, memory still fails. System is currently running one stick of memory with no issues. Need RMA to return malfunctioning stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimalau Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Try automatic settings for detecting memory speed. Usualy this works fine unless you wanna overclock. There is no dust in the slot? Usualy if the BIOS Power On Self Test says your memory fails with default settings the memory or the mainboard is bad. I got this mainboard that just spits out memory when inserted in the 3rd slot, while the memory works fine in my 2000 server, it generates all kinds of errors in XP. If the system boots you can verify there is a hardware fault by checking the event viewer's system log, right-click My Computer then choose Manage then Event Viewer. If you see red X's you're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted April 25, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted April 25, 2005 I would also recommend and check and see if you have the latest BIOS for your board; load optimized/setup defaults and set the following BIOS settings, 2.5/3/3/8 if you would like to set it up manually but usually Dimalau is correct running the module at SPD usually is better than setting it up manually. Then please test them one at a time with http://www.memtest.org and let’s make sure it's not some other issue! I would run the test for at least 2-3 passes to be sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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