mdsouz Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I bought the dual channel memory package, TWINX512-3200LLPT that comes with two identical CMX256A-3200LLPT modules. It seems that one of the two modules is faulty or bad. I bought the TWINX512-3200LLPT to put in the computer I was building. Half way through the installation of Windows XP, installation failed and I recieved a memory error. I checked Microsoft's online support knowledge base and found the exact error I was recieving: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315335#kb2 One of the trouble shooting tips said to switch out a memory module. I did this and tried installing again. Installation was successful this time. After I installed Windows I put the module that I had taken out back in with the other. Everything worked fine for about an hour or so, but then I would get a memory error and Windows would crash. So I removed the module again and it did not crash after that. I ran a test on both of the modules with the recommended program MemTest86+ and found hundreds of errors in the stick that was causing the trouble. My hardware configuration: Motherboard: ASUS P4C800-Deluxe Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 120 Gig Video Card: ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB CD-ROM: Plextor Plexwriter Premium CD-RW However, I believe that this is NOT a problem involving my computer configuration. I have since bought and installed the Kingston HyperX twin module set and have had no problems at all with them. I wish to have a RMA. Thank you for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 17, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 17, 2005 Please try these settings after you load setup defaults. AI Over Clock Tuner: Manual CPU Freq: 200 MHz Memory Frequency: 100%/DDR400 Dim Voltage to 2.75 Volts Resulting Frequency: 200MHz/400DDR Legacy USB: Disabled SDRAM CAS Latency: 2T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 2T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 2T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 5T Then test the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org. If the suspect module is still failing 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...
mdsouz Posted June 3, 2005 Author Share Posted June 3, 2005 No luck. I get a huge amount of errors still, even when changing the settings. I fdisked my hard drive last week (Why I'm kind of late replying) and tried installing Windows with the settings you posted, but I still got the errors. It is something wrong with the RAM. The REASON I bought this memory was because Corsair was supposely made good memory for gaming. Atleast from the ratings I read. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 3, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 3, 2005 No luck. I get a huge amount of errors still, even when changing the settings. I fdisked my hard drive last week (Why I'm kind of late replying) and tried installing Windows with the settings you posted, but I still got the errors. It is something wrong with the RAM. The REASON I bought this memory was because Corsair was supposely made good memory for gaming. Atleast from the ratings I read. Sigh. I am very sorry about the trouble you are having, let's try replacing the modules for you. Please follow the link in my sig named: I Think I Have a Bad Part. What Do I Do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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