8char. Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I am running 2 VS512MB400C3 sticks on an MSI K7N2 Delta2-LSR with an Athlon XP 2800+ processor in an Antec case w/a 350w psu (I think). I ran memtest overnight each time. When I ran one stick or the other I didnt notice any errors but when I put them in slots 1 and 3 (as the mobo indicates) I got 10k+ errors. I noticed the errors beginning around test 6-8 (modulus and block moves iirc). If I put them in 1 and 2 I get about 20 errors in test 4 (all around 480mb). What does it sound like and what should I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8char. Posted May 31, 2005 Author Share Posted May 31, 2005 The reason I tried memtest86 is because I had problems with the system rebooting when used. It would run fine for a week if it was just idling, but when run it would randomly reboot. I tried driver updates and reinstalling windows xp several times, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 31, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 31, 2005 Can you 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...
8char. Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 from the bios's cell menu: performance mode: optimized overclocking: disabled CPU voltage: default memory voltage: 2.75V (have also tried 2.65V) FSB: 100mhz CPU ratio: Default Memory Timings: Default (5-2-2-2) (have also tried By SPD: 8-3-3-3) FSB spread: 0.50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 2, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 2, 2005 Please make sure that you have the latest BIOS for your MB and load Setup/Optimized default settings, and try the following BIOS settings; VS512MB400C3 or VS1GBKIT400C3 Cell Menu CPU Freq: 166 MHz (333 FSB) System Performance: User Define Memory Frequency: 166 Resulting Frequency: 166 MHz (333 FSB) CPU/Memory ratio: 1:1 Memory Timing: User Define SDRAM CAS Latency: 3T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3T SDRAM Row Precharge (tRP): 3T SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 8T DDR Reference Voltage: 2.7 Volts AGP Voltage: Default *unless you have ATI (9200 or 9600) or NVIDIA (5200 or 5700) then 1.6 Volts suggested!* All other settings are motherboards defaults 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...
8char. Posted June 6, 2005 Author Share Posted June 6, 2005 I updated the bios and ran them individually with the latest version of memtest86 and your bios settings. one stick came up with 83 errors in test #4. Whats next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 6, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 6, 2005 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...
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